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

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.

I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold

Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

The child taught to believe any occurrence a good or evil omen, or any day of the week lucky, hath a wide inroad made upon the soundness of his understanding.

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