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

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

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

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..

Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our n….

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

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..

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

For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward..

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay..

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

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do..

There's no repentance in the grave..

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

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

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..

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

Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you….

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

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..

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