Will Johnson
Will Johnson
hardship misery discontent
Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.
misery shame
Misery and shame are nearly allied.
together poison dominion
Religion informs us that misery and sin were produced together. The depravation of human will was followed by a disorder of the harmony of nature; and by that Providence which often places antidotes in the neighborhood of poisons, vice was checked by misery, lest it should swell to universal and unlimited dominion.
sleep winter rivers
Lichfield, England. Swallows certainly sleep all winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river.
compromise reciprocal concessions
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
moving self suffering
Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of laying down his pen, those who sat round him intreated and implored; and self-love did not suffer him to suspect that they went away and laughed.
advice needs welcome
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
happiness spring mind
The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind.
excellence example faults
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning requires that they should be discovered and stigmatized, before they have the sanction of antiquity conferred upon them, and become precedents of indisputable authority.
wise men vanity
The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design.
passion men indulge-in
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption of others. He whose merit has enlarged his influence would surely wish to exert it for the benefit of mankind. Yet such will be the effect of his reputation, while he suffers himself to indulge in any favourite fault, that they who have no hope to reach his excellence will catch at his failings, and his virtues will be cited to justify the copiers of his vices.
travel passion curiosity
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
inspirational retirement sorry
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
kindness inspiration social
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.