Will Johnson
Will Johnson
vanity emulation folly
Where there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly.
enemy citizens honorable
I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.
church together may
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms together, and you have St. Paul's Church. So it is with human felicity, which is made up of many ingredients, each of which may be shown to be very insignificant.
kindness self-esteem believe
No man can have much kindness for him by whom he does not believe himself esteemed, and nothing so evidently proves esteem as imitation.
exercise men may
Such is the constitution of Man that labor may be said to be its own re-ward.
poverty extravagance corruption
He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
iron soul extravagance
Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt; that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.
rejection topics common
Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood.
flattery flattered
He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.
kindness heart wish
It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty.
forgiveness forgiving thrones
Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain.
future looks littles
They who look but little into futurity, have, perhaps, the quickest sensation of the present.
pain believe animal
Gaiety is to good-humor as animal perfumes to vegetable fragrance. The one overpowers weak spirits, the other recreates and revives them. Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; good-humor boasts no faculties which every one does not believe in his own power, and pleases principally by not offending.
genius firsts diligence
It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.