O Lord, Help Me Not To Despise

Men Are Generally More Careful Of The Breed Of Their Horses And Dogs Than Of Their Children.

We Are Apt To Be Very Pert At Censuring Others, Where We Will Not Endure Advice.

To Be Innocent Is To Be Not Guilty; But To Be Virtuous Is To Overcome Our Evil Inclinations.

Death Is But Crossing The World, As Friends Do The Seas; They Live In One Another Still. For They Must Needs Be Present, That Love And Live In That Which Is Omnipresent. In This Divine Glass, They See Face To Face; And Their Converse Is Free As Well As Pure. This Is The Comfort Of Friends, That Though They May Be Said To Die, Yet Their Friendship And Society Are, In The Best Sense, Ever Present, Because Immortal.

Humility And Knowledge In Poor Clothes Excel Pride And Ignorance In Costly Attire.