Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
Francis AtterburyLuther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without.
Francis AtterburyThe temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to withstand them.
Francis AtterburyA good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances.
Francis AtterburyModesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost.
Francis Atterbury