The Clergy Would Have Us Believe Them

Preaching, In The First Sense Of The Word, Ceased As Soon As Ever The Gospel Was Written.

While You Are Upon Earth, Enjoy The Good Things That Are Here (to That End Were They Given), And Be Not Melancholy, And Wish Yourself In Heaven.

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.

Gentelmen Heve Ever Been More Temperate In Their Religion Than Common People, As Having More Reason.

Abundance Consists Not Alone In Material Possession, But In An Uncovetous Spirit.