Perish discretion when it interferes with duty |
Perish discretion when it interferes with duty |
Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes |
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, and too little meditation, may produce the effect of a lamp inverted; which is extinguished by the very excess of that ailment, whose property is to feed it. |
The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible |
The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible |
The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded |
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read. |
There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed |
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us |
When thou has truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament |