We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
Anna Letitia Barbauld
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.
choice life mind choose great important
The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous
mind action time grow moral shame remorse
But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
faith act
pray laugh weep
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! Then how sweet it is to die!
man sweet friend die left
We can only love what we know
love
It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.
age growing difficult plays sermons worse
The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
thought dead
You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun....
idea moment education beginning son speak form
Forgotten rimes, and college themes,/ Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes; / A mass of heterogeneous matter./ A chaos dark, nor land nor water.
plans chaos college dark water matter land forgotten
With Thee in shady solitudes I walk, With Thee in busy, crowded cities talk; In every creature own Thy forming power, In each event Thy providence adore.
solitude power
The chearful light, the vital air, Are blessings widely given ; Let nature's commoners enjoy The common gifts of heaven.
gifts nature light
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
growth man
So when unseen destruction lurks, Which men like mice may share, May some kind angel clear thy path, And break the hidden snare.
men
The well taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives; Casts round the world an equal eye, And feels for all that lives.
mind
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