There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.

There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food.

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

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.

Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.