How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered. Votes: 7
I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. Votes: 2
The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. Votes: 2
True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them. Votes: 0
Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead. Votes: 0
Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof. Votes: 0