The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were any two things so ill coupled together as the Doctrine of Christianity and that of Transubstantiation, because they draw several… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world,… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very near it… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
