Robert Hall ( 7 of 7 )
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.rnRobert read more
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.rnRobert Hall
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate read more
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water!
That is the current, but read more
Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water!
That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a
glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
