If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people. |
If there be three distinct and separate Persons, then three distinct and separate Substances. . . . And since the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Spirit is God . . . then unless the Father, Son and Spirit are three distinct Nothings, they must be three distinct Substances, and consequently three distinct Gods. |
If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one. |
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it. |
If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it; not considering the lawful ends may be very unlawfully attained. |
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools. |
In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast. |
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self |
It is a profitable Wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and Pains are spared, in not flattering our selves against Probabilities. |
It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in. |
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better |
It were better to be of no church, than to be bitter for any |
It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable. |
It were Happy if we studied Nature more in natural Things; and acted according to Nature; whose rules are few, plain and most reasonable. |
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. |