Eloquence Is Vehement Simplicity.

Every Man Is An Original And Solitary Character. None Can Either Understand Or Feel The Book Of His Own Life Like Himself.

Our Heavenly Father Always Sends His Children The Things They Ask, Or Better Things.

An Accession Of Wealth Is A Dangerous Predicament For A Man. At First He Is Stunned If The Accession Be Sudden, And Is Very Humble And Very Grateful. Then He Begins To Speak A Little Louder, People Think Him More Sensible, And Soon He Thinks Himself So.

An Idle Man Has A Constant Tendency To Torpidity. He Has Adopted The Indian Maxim That It Is Better To Walk Than To Run, And Better To Stand Than To Walk, And Better To Sit Than To Stand, And Better To Lie Than To Sit. He Hugs Himself Into The Notion, That God Calls Him To Be Quiet.

I Could Write Down Twenty Cases Wherein I Wished That God Had Done Otherwise Than He Did, But Which I Now See, If I Had Had My Own Way, Would Have Led To Extensive Mischief.