Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

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.]

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.

Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence

The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.