58 quotes found
“Remorse begets reform.”
“Grief is itself a med'cine.”
“Such stuff the world is made of.”
“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.”
“God made the country and man made the town.”
“No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.”
“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”
“There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleasedWith melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;Some chord in unison with what we hearIs touch'd within us, and t...”
“God moves in mysterious waysHis wonders to performs”
“Man disavows, and Deity disowns me;Hell might afford my miseries a shelter;Therefore Hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths allBolted against me.Hard lot! encompassed with a thousand dangers,Weary, fain...”
“The dearest idol I have known,Whate'er that idol be,Help me to tear it from thy throne,And worship only thee.So shall my walk be close with God,Calm and serene my frame;So purer light shall mark th...”
“If the world like it not, so much the worse for them.”
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon his knees.”
“My fugitive years are all hasting away,And I must ere long lie as lowly as they,With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head,Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.'Tis a sight to enga...”
“Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”
“A fool must now and then be right, by chance.”
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.”
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
“Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.”
“They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.”
“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.”
“How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.”
“He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.”
