You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.

Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. Full title: Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims

There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of Time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this World. Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst; and for which God will certainly most strictly reckon with us, when Time shall be no more.