Pleasure Is Nothing Else But

A Glorious Church Is Like A Magnificent Feast; There Is All The Variety That May Be, But Every One Chooses Out A Dish Or Two That He Likes, And Lets The Rest Alone: How Glorious Soever The Church Is, Every One Chooses Out Of It His Own Religion, By Which He Governs Himself, And Lets The Rest Alone.

Patience Is The Chiefest Fruit Of Study; A Man That Strives To Make Himself Different From Other Men By Much Reading Gains This Chiefest Good, That In All Fortunes He Hath Something To Entertain And Comfort Himself Withal.

If The Prisoner Should Ask The Judge Whether He Would Be Content To Be Hanged, Were He In His Case, He Would Answer No. Then, Says The Prisoner, Do As You Would Be Done To.

Pleasures Are All Alike Simply Considered In Themselves: He That Hunts, Or He That Governs The Commonwealth, They Both Please Themselves Alike, Only We Commend That, Whereby We Ourselves Receive Some Benefit.

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