Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true.

Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.

Afflictions clarify the soul.

Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.

Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? Let wisdom make thee a good gamester.

Heav'n is not always got by running.

Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

Our God and soldiers we alike adore Ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.