It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.