“Nothing is little to God.”

Expressing the spiritual significance of even apparently minor acts and details · The Country Parson (prose)

• Beauty
• Faith

“The eyes have one language everywhere.”

Emphasising the universal expressive power of human feeling · Jacula Prudentum (prose aphorisms)

• Love
• Truth

“Love and a cough cannot be hid.”

Suggesting that powerful feelings inevitably reveal themselves · Jacula Prudentum (prose aphorisms)

• Love

“Living well is the best revenge.”

Presenting virtuous living as a stronger response than retaliation · Jacula Prudentum (prose aphorisms)

• Hope
• Truth

“Good words are worth much, and cost little.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

• Friendship
• Truth