Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.

Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.

To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.