I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Only the educated are free.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

When trumpt sound today where wood you be! if you die today your JESUS has come! how could you give account of your life if JESUS meet you in your sinful life! repent now tomorrow might too late for you!

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.