Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gai….

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

Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other wor….

Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and ….

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man..

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

In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few fo….

As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual ….

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

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the app….

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

It was a saying of the ancients, "Truth lies in a well;" and to carry on this metaphor, we may justly say that logic does supply us with steps, where….

Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with proba….

Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved….

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

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

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