When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament..

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it..

Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of time, and the perversion of f….

A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed..

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it..

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits..

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery..

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves..

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree..

Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed ….

the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence..

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..

In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?.

Subduing and subdued, the petty strife, Which clouds the colour of domestic life; The sober comfort, all the peace which springs From the large aggre….

We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and ….

Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster; while an inward cank….

Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates..

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requis….

he who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour..

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inha….

How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform; to entertain, when th….