Take A Straw And Throw It Up

Talk What You Will Of The Jews,--that They Are Cursed: They Thrive Wherever They Come; They Are Able To Oblige The Prince Of Their Country By Lending Him Money; None Of Them Beg; They Keep Together; And As For Their Being Hated, Why, Christians Hate One Another As Much.

Marriage Is A Desperate Thing.

Preachers Say, "do As I Say, Not As I Do." But If A Physician Had The Same Disease Upon Him That I Have, And He Should Bid Me Do One Thing And He Do Quite Another, Could I Believe Him?

Humility Is A Virtue All Preach, None Practice; And Yet Everybody Is Content To Hear.

I Have Taken Much Pains To Know Everything That Is Esteemed Worth Knowing Amongst Men; But With All My Reading, Nothing Now Remains To Comfort Me At The Close Of This Life But This Passage Of St. Paul: "it Is A Faithful Saying, And Worthy Of All Acceptation, That Jesus Christ Came Into The World To Save Sinners." To This I Cleave, And Herein Do I Find Rest.