Be solicitous to aid such deserving persons, who appear to be destitute of friends.

Ignorance, or the want of light, produce sensuality, covetousness, and those violent contests with others about trifles, which occasions so much misery and crimes in the world.

He will one day reap the reward of his labour, if he is diligent and attentive. Till that period comes, let him be contented and patient.

To the resolutions which we have, upon due consideration, once adopted as rules of conduct, let us adhere firmly.

He has little more of the great man besides the title. Though he was my superior in knowledge, he would not have thence a right to impose his sentiments.

That picture of the Emperor's, is a very exact resemblance of him.

How happy are the virtuous, who can rest on the protection of the powerful arm, who made the earth and the heavens !

Prosperity and adversity may be improved equally; both the one and the other proceeds from the same author.

He acted conformable with his instructions, and cannot be censured justly.

The orators did not forget to enlarge themselves on so popular a subject.

The language of Divine Providence to all human agents, is, "Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther."

Idle persons imagine, howsoever deficient they be in point of duty, they consult at least their own satisfaction.

Good as the cause is, it is one from which numbers are deserted.

The man is prudent which speaks little.

SECTION 4.

See the Key, Part 3. Chap. 2. Sect. 4.

He acted independent of foreign assistance.

Every thing that we here enjoy, change, decay, and come to an end. All float on the surface of the river, which is running to a boundless ocean, with a swift current.

The winter has not been as severe as we expected it to have been.

Temperance, more than medicines, are the proper means of curing many diseases.

They understand the practical part better than him; but he is much better acquainted with the theory than them.

When we have once drawn the line, by intelligence and precision, between our duty and sin, the line we ought on no occasion to transgress.

All those distinguished by extraordinary talents, have extraordinary duties to perform.

No person could speak stronger on this subject, nor behave nobler, than our young advocate for the cause of toleration.

His conduct was so provoking, that many will condemn him, and a few will pity him.

The peoples happiness is the statesmans honour.

We are in a perilous situation. On one side, and the other, dangers meet us; and each extreme shall be pernicious to virtue.

Several pictures of the Sardinian king were transmitted to France.

When I last saw him, he had grown considerably.

If we consult the improvement of mind, or the health of body, it is well known exercise is the great instrument for promoting both.

If it were them who acted so ungratefully, they are doubly in fault.

Whether virtue promotes our interest or no, we must adhere to her dictates.

We should be studious to avoid too much indulgence, as well as restraint, in our management of children.

No human happiness is so complete, as does not contain some imperfection.

His father cannot hope for this success, unless his son gives better proofs of genius, or applies himself with indefatigable labour.

The house framed a remonstrance, where they spoke with great freedom of the king's prerogative.

The conduct which has been mentioned, is one of those artifices which seduces men most easily, under appearance of benevolence.

This is the person who we are so much obliged to, and who we expected to have seen, when the favour was conferred.

He is a person of great property, but does not possess the esteem of his neighbours.

They were solicitous to ingratiate with those, who it was dishonourable to favour.

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owing to a distinction that nature made in their original pow. ers, as much as to the superior diligence, with which some have improved those powers beyond others.

While we are unoccupied in what is good, evil is at hand continually.

Not a creature is there that moves, nor a vegetable that grows, but what, when minutely examined, furnished materials of pious admiration.

What can be the reason of the committee having delayed this business?

I know not whether Charles was the author, but I understood it to be he.

A good and well-cultivated mind, is far more preferable than rank or riches.

Charity to the poor, when it is governed by knowledge and prudence, there are no persons who will not admit it to be a virtue.

His greatest concern, and highest enjoyment, were to be approved in the sight of his Creator.

Let us not set our hearts on such a mutable, such an unsatisfying world.

SECTION 5.

See the Key, Part 3. Chap. 2. Section 5.

SHALL you attain success, without that preparation, and escape dangers without that precaution, which is required of others?

When we see bad men to be honoured and prosperous in the world, it is some discouragement to virtue.

The furniture was all purchased at Wentworth's the joiner's. Every member of the body, every bone, joint, and muscle, lie exposed to many disorders; and the greatest prudence or precaution, or the deepest skill of the physician, are not suffi cient to prevent them.

It is right said, that though faith justify us, yet works must justify our faith.

If an academy is established for the cultivation of our language, let them stop the license of translators, whose idleness and ignorance, if it be suffered to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of French.

It is of great consequence that a teacher firmly believes, both the truth and importance of those principles which he inculcates upon others; and that he not only speculatively believes them, but has a lively and serious feeling of them.

It is not the uttering, or the hearing certain words, that constitute the worship of the Almighty. It is the heart that praises, or prays. If the heart accompany not the words that are spoken, we offer a sacrifice of fools.

Neither flatter or contemn the rich or the great.

He has travelled much, and passed through many stormy seas and lands.

You must be sensible that there is, and can be no other person but me, who could give the information desired.

To be patient, resigned, and thankful, under afflictions and disappointments, demonstrate genuine piety.

Alvarez was a man of corrupted principles, and of detestable conduct; and, what is still worse, gloried in his shame.

As soon as the sense of a Supreme being is lost, so soon the great check is taken off which keep under restraint the passions of men. Mean desires, low pleasures, takes place of the greater and the nobler sentiments, which reason and religion inspires.

We should be careful not to follow the example of many persons, to censure the opinions, manners, and customs of others, merely because they are foreign to us.

Steady application as well as genius and abilities, are necessary to produce eminence.

There is, in that seminary, several students considerably skilled in mathematical knowledge.

If Providence clothe the grass of the field, and shelters and adorns the flowers that every where grows wild amongst it, will be not clothe and protect his servants and children much more?

We are too often hurried with the violence of passion, or with the allurements of pleasure.

High hopes, and florid views, is a great enemy to tranquillity.

Year after year steal something from us; till the decaying fabric totters of itself, and crumbles at length into dust.

I intended to have finished the letter before the bearer called, that he might not have been detained; but I was prevented by company.

George is the most learned and accomplished of all the other students, that belong to the seminary.

This excellent and well written treatise, with others that might be mentioned, were the foundation of his love of study. There can be no doubt but that the pleasures of the mind excel those of sense.

SECTION 6.

See the Key, Part 3. Chap. 2. Sect. 6.

THE grand temple consisted of one great, and several smaller edifices.

Many would exchange gladly their honours, beauty, and riches, for that more quiet and humbler station, which you are now dissatisfied with.

Though the scene was a very affecting one, Louis showed a little emotion on the occasion.

The climate of England is not so pleasant as those of France, Spain, or Italy.

Much of the good and evil that happens to us in this world, are owing to apparently undesigned and fortuitous events: but it is the Supreme Being which secretly directs and regulates all things.

To despise others on account of their poverty, or to value ourselves for our wealth, are dispositions highly culpable. This task was the easier performed, from the cheerfulness with which he engaged in it.

She lamented the unhappy fate of Lucretia, who seemed to her another name for chastity.

He has not yet cast off all the regard for decency; and this is the most can be advanced in his favour.

The girls school was better conducted formerly than the boys.

The disappointments he has met with, or the loss of his much-loved friend, has occasioned a total derangement of his mental powers.

The concourse of people were so great, that with difficulty we passed through them.

All the women, children, and treasure, which remained in the city, fell under the victor's power.

They have already made great progress in their studies, and, if attention and diligence continues, will soon fulfil the expectations of their friends.

It is amazing his propensity to this vice, against every principle of interest and honour.

These kind of vices, though they inhabit the upper circles of life, are not less pernicious, than those we meet with amongst the lowest of men.

He acted agreeable to the dictates of prudence, though he were in a situation exceeding delicate.