Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.

It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.

Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.

Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.