Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into my house, where I am s...urrounded with my servants, I rest assured, that he is not to stab me before he leaves it, in order to rob me of my silver standish; and I no more suspect this event, than the falling of the house itself which is new, and solidly built and founded.--But he may have been seized with a sudden and unknown frenzy.--So may a sudden earthquake arise, and shake and tumble my house about my ears.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The brave man is the elder son of creation who has stepped buoyantly into his inheritance, while the coward, who is the younger, w...aiteth patiently for his decease. He rides as wide of this earth's gravity as a star, and by yielding incessantly to all impulses of the soul is drawn upward and becomes a fixed star. His bravery consists not so much in resolute action as healthy and assured rest. Its palmy state is a staying at home, compelling alliance in all directions. So stands his life to heaven as some fair sunlit tree against the western horizon, and by sunrise is planted on some eastern hill to glisten in the first rays of the dawn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...if you are to gain any great amount of good from the world, you must attain a passive condition of mind. ...it is never to be f...orgotten that it is the rest of the world and not you that holds the great share of the world's wealth, and that you must allow yourself to be acted upon by the world, if you would become a sharer in the gain of all the ages to your own infinite advantage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the re...st of the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A pilgrim I on earth perplext, with sinns, with cares and sorrows vext,... By age and paines brought to decay, and my Clay house mouldring away, Oh how I long to be at rest and soare on high among the blest!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay,... For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy! For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born on Christmas Day.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast;... O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull o...ne book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »