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Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Life Running Ties

How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.

Environmental Letters World

He that taketh his own cares upon himself loads himself in vain with an uneasy burden. I will cast all my cares on God; He hath bidden me; they cannot burden Him.

Burden Care Vain

Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all or none: as, indeed, He hath most reason to claim all that made all. But this is nothing but a crafty fetch of Satan; for he knows that if he have any part, God will have none: so the whole falleth to his share alone.

Heart Prayer Temptation

Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

Judging Men Wise

Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate.

Lasts Littles Would Be

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Care Envy Long

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

Firsts Wise Wish

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

Being Thankful Gratitude Might

The proud man hath no God; the envious
man hath no neighbor; the angry man
hath not himself.

Anger Angry Man Men

Try to be of some use to others.

Benevolence Trying Use

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Christian Rain Shining

Tranquillity consisteth in a steadiness of the mind; and how can that vessel that is beaten upon by contrary waves and winds, and tottereth to either part, be said to keep a steady course? Resolution is the only mother of security.

Mind Mother Wind

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Evil Used Worst

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Sin Soul

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Character Eye Positive

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

Drawing Flower Sweet

Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.

Fool Passion People

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

Blessing Taken Used

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Knows Let Me