"It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."

“Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever.”

“Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.”

“I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.”

“The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it.”

“It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.”

“Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.”