Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.
Affliction is a good man's shining time.
Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being, Was e'er created solely for itself.
It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.
Too low they build who build below the skies.
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.