A Wise Man Should Never

In A Troubled State We Must Do As In Foul Weather Upon A River, Not Think To Cut Directly Through, For The Boat May Be Filled With Water; But Rise And Fall As The Waves Do, And Give Way As Much As We Conveniently Can.

Men Say They Are Of The Same Religion, For Quietness' Sake; But If The Matter Were Well Examined, You Would Scarce Find Three Anywhere Of The Same Religion On All Points.

To Preach Long, Loud, And Damnation, Is The Way To Be Cried Up. We Love A Man That Damns Us, And We Run After Him Again To Save Us.

When Men Comfort Themselves With Philosophy, 'tis Not Because They Have Got Two Or Three Sentences, But Because They Have Digested Those Sentences, And Made Them Their Own: Philosophy Is Nothing But Discretion.

Prayer Should Be Short, Without Giving God Almighty Reasons Why He Should Grant This Or That; He Knows Best Wheat Is Good For Us. If Your Boy Should Ask You For A Suit Of Clothes And Give You Reasons, Would You Endure It? You Know His Needs Better Than He; Let Him Ask For A Suit Of Clothes.