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Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.

A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.

There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.

Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.

Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold

How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing Thy glory or Thy grace
Beneath Thy feet we lie afar
And see but shadows of Thy face.

Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.

Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone.
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.

Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.

Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.

The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.

Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.

No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.

Salvation, O the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.

Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.

I write not for your farthing, but to try / How I your farthing writers, may outvie.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices.

Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.

When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Satirists do expose their own ill nature.

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.

Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.

What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

In books, or work, or healthful play.

At books, or work, or healthy play,
Let all my years be passed;
That I may give for every day
A good account at last.

In works of labour,
or of skill,
I would be busy, too;
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all it's sons away;They fly forgotten as a dream dies at the opening day.

I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below.

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.

Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.

Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

There's no repentance in the grave.

A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.

When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.

But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.

When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?

Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.

Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.

From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.

A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.

Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.

Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.

In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.

So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.

For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief.

And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.

Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.

How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.

Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,
Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.

Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.

Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.

'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.

In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.

Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream, ...

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings

Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace,And not to chance as others do,That I was born of Christian race,And not a Heathen, or a Jew.

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.

Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound.

Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.

I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.

To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.