Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!
A God alone can comprehend a God.
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
They only babble who practise not reflection