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

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

Sense of sin may be often great, and more felt than grace; yet not be more than grace. A man feels the ache of his finger more sensibly than the health of his whole body; yet he knows that the ache of a finger is nothing so much as the health of the whole body.

Woman takes her being from man, man takes his well being from woman.

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.

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.

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