“A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth.” StillsSpiritHonorPureQuietSincereStableEmployedDistracted Author:Thomas a Kempis
“Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience and reverence, it is not without sincere sorrow that I have beheld many of the sons of these men driven from their fathers' mansions, or holding them as little better than tenants or stewards, while the swarms of Placemen, Pensioners, Contractors, and Nabobs... have usurped a large part of the soil.” MenLittlesStillsFatherSonSorrowDrivenSpotsObedienceExcellentSoilSincereReverenceGrandfatherCheerfulMy GrandfatherRecollectionMansionsStewardsSwarmsContractorTenants Author:William Cobbett