Maxioms by Nathaniel Emmons
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
We are apt to overlook the hand and heart of God in our afflictions, and to consider them as mere read more
We are apt to overlook the hand and heart of God in our afflictions, and to consider them as mere accidents, and unavoidable evils. This view makes them absolute and positive evils, which admit of no remedy or relief. If we view our troubles and trials aside from the divine design and agency in them, we cannot be comforted.
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
