In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.

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.

What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.

In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.

Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.

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.

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings