Sins are so remitted, as if they had never been committed.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

As long as the postponement lasts he will be in a false position. He will be silent when he ought to speak and laugh when he ought to be silent.

If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place. I wouldn't know where to send a student to study.

Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful.

Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.

There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of.

We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.

That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes.

The writer's only responsibility is to his art.