The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, and too little meditation, may produce the effect of a lamp inverted which is extinguished by the very excess of that ailment, whose property is to feed it.
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There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings a thankful reflection on the goodness of the giver a deep sense of our own unworthiness and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful the second, humble and the third, moderate.
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Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
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Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
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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.
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In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.
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