Quotes by Cotton Mather

• A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.
• What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.
• There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.
• Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
• History is the story of events, with praise or blame.
• Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!
• Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.