But they that are above
Have ends in everything.

But they that are above
Have ends in everything.

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing read more

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, read more

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

Whatever is, is in its causes just.

Whatever is, is in its causes just.

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather read more

For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]