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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.
Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.
The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.
Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.
In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.
