The few that pray at all pray oft amiss.—Cowper.
Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.—Dryden.
What are men better than sheep or goats, that nourish a blind life within the brain, if, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer both for themselves and those who call them friends!—Tennyson.
Prayer ardent opens heaven.—Young.
Solicitude is the audience-chamber of God.—Landor.
The best answer to all objections urged against prayer is the fact that man cannot help praying; for we may be sure that that which is so spontaneous and ineradicable in human nature has its fitting objects and methods in the arrangements of a boundless Providence.—Chapin.
He prayeth best who loveth best.—Coleridge.
Preaching.—Preachers say, do as I say, not as I do. But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?—Selden.
Preface.—Your opening promises some great design.—Horace.
A preface, being the entrance of a book, should invite by its beauty. An elegant porch announces the splendor of the interior.—Disraeli.