Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.

It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is perfectly bombast.