“He that does not repent, sins again.”

He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.

No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.

That power is in vain which is never in use.

Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.

Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.

What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.

He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.

No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.

The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.

The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.

He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.

One can repent even of having repented.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

What do I see in the God of that infamous sect if not an inconsistent and barbarous being, today the creator of a world of destruction he repents of tomorrow.

Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God’s holy presence to fellowship.

Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.

The dream is short, repentance long.

No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.