“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish”
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“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish”
“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases”
“A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him consider.”
“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending”
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome”
“There is no object that we see, no action that we do, no good that we enjoy, no evil that we feel of fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all”
“If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee”
“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach”