They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess

'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.