More Solid Things Do Not

A King Is A Thing Men Have Made For Their Own Sakes, For Quietness Sake. Just As In A Family One Man Is Appointed To Buy The Meat.

Pride May Be Allowed To This Or That Degree, Else A Man Cannot Keep Up Dignity. In Gluttony There Must Be Eating, In Drunkenness There Must Be Drinking; 'tis Not The Eating, And 'tis Not The Drinking That Must Be Blamed, But The Excess. So In Pride.

Prayer Should Be Short, Without Giving God Almighty Reasons Why He Should Grant This, Or That; He Knows Best What Is Good For Us.

Idolatry Is In A Man's Own Thought, Not In The Opinion Of Another.

I Have Taken Much Pains To Know Everything That Is Esteemed Worth Knowing Amongst Men; But With All My Reading, Nothing Now Remains To Comfort Me At The Close Of This Life But This Passage Of St. Paul: "it Is A Faithful Saying, And Worthy Of All Acceptation, That Jesus Christ Came Into The World To Save Sinners." To This I Cleave, And Herein Do I Find Rest.