
Originál: (en) We may occasion other man’s sins by example, and the more eminent the example, the more infectious it is. Great men cannot sin at a low rate because they are examples; the sins of commanders are commanding sins; the sins of rulers are ruling sins; the sins of teachers are teaching sins.
Zdroj: COMPILED BY I.D.E. THOMAS. The golden treasury of Puritan quotations. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1977. Reprinted 2007. ISBN 08-515-1249-6. S. 96 (anglicky).