Occupation: Poet Birth: November 26, 1731 Death: April 25, 1800
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees..
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor..
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about..
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed..
Some people are more nice than wise..
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost..
Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in mi….
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed..
The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing..
Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there..
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown..
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more..
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will..
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins..
God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the….
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of nev….
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose..
The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away..
The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight..
Grief is itself a medicine..
No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road..