There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage ….

Wickedness comes to its height by degrees. He that dares say of a less sin, Is it not a little one? will ere long say of a greater, Tush, God regards….

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom..

Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure..

Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one..

Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats..

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant..

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you c….

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider..

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending..

To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things..

If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can..

I happy am, if well with you..

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first..

My hope and treasure lies above.

Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook till it be too….

That when we live no more, We may live ever.

The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then do fade / A Spring retu….

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish..

I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold..

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits..