He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.

- Thomas Creech

What studies please, what most delight, And fill men's thoughts, they dream them o'er at night.

- Thomas Creech

They that do much themselves deny, Receive more blessings from the sky.

- Thomas Creech

For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault.

- Thomas Creech

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.

- Thomas Creech