Dean (Jonathan) Swift died 1745.
Leigh Hunt born 1784.
Henry Kirke White died 1806.
Don't look too hard except for something agreeable; we can find all
the disagreeable things we want, between our own hats and boots.
--Leigh Hunt.
Instead of a gem or a flower, cast the gift of a lovely thought into
the heart of a friend.
--George Macdonald.
For the want of common discretion the very end of good breeding is
wholly perverted; and civility, intended to make us easy, is
employed in laying chains and fetters upon us, in debarring our
wishes, and in crossing our most reasonable desires and
inclinations.
--Jonathan Swift.
If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all
men.
--Romans 12. 18.
My Lord, help me to adjust my life to what I ought to be, rather than
be content in what I am. May I not spend my time in dreaming of
obstacles, or searching for things that hurt, but may I be gentle and
kind, and as I see the truth speak for it and follow it. Amen.