That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it
It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.
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 requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings,--a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.
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 in company, our tongues.
The soul on earth is an immortal guest.
When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.
Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.
We are too ready to imagine that we are religious, because we know something of religion. We appropriate to ourselves the pious sentiments we read, and we talk as if the thoughts of other men's heads were really the feelings of our own hearts. But piety has not its seat in the memory, but in the affections, for which however the memory is an excellent purveyor, though a bad substitute.
If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody.
Our merciful Father has no pleasure in the sufferings of His children; He chastens them in love; He never inflicts a stroke He could safely spare; He inflicts it to purify as well as to punish, to caution as well as to cure, to improve as well as to chastise.
Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.
When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth, in want, in freedom, or in chains, in dungeons or on thrones, the faithful find thee.
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 but finite, imperfect. But as God is unlimited in goodness, He should have our unlimited love.
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.
How short is human life! the very breath Which frames my words accelerates my death.
Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
A small unkindness is a great offence.
I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is the only person with whom one dares to talk continually of oneself, without interruption, contradiction or censure; I suppose that delightful immunity doubles their fees.
The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.
Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.
If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree.
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