We Are Apt To Love Praise, But

We Are Too Apt To Love Praise, But Not To Deserve It.

If Thou Wouldst Conquer Thy Weakness, Thou Must Never Gratify It. No Man Is Compelled To Evil: His Consent Only Makes It His. It Is No Sin To Be Tempted, But To Be Overcome.

That Plenty Should Produce Either Covetousness Or Prodigality Is A Perversion Of Providence; And Yet The Generality Of Men Are The Worse For Their Riches.

Neither Despise Nor Oppose What Thou Dost Not Understand.

O Lord, Help Me Not To Despise Or Oppose What I Do Not Understand.