Jeremy CollierThinkers

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride, of strong sense and feeble reasons, of good eating and ill living.

The Book is a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age, supporting us under solitude, and keeping us from becoming a burden to ourselves. they help us to forget the crossness of men and things, compose our cares and our passions, and lay our disappointments asleep. when we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride or design in their conversation.

Confidence is distinguished from decent assurance in that it proceeds from self-opinion and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery.

Courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. Resolution lies more in the head than in the veins, and a just sense of honor and of infamy, of duty and of religion, will carry us farther than all the force of mechanism.

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man’s imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.

The Hero is of a mischievous race.

Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute ; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way.

Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard,' betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions, to disadvantages in fortune; makes them discover secrets, drive foolish bargains, engage in play, and often to stagger from the tavern to the stews.

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.