His father was no man’s friend but his own, and he is no man’s for else.

A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer’s agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar’s companion, the constable’s trouble, his wife’s woe, his children’s sorrow, his neighbours scoff, his own shame.

The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven’s gate must be made Higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.

Conscience is God’s deputy in the soul.

Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man’s back, before the old man’s face.

Self-righteousness is the devil’s masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.