If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not sound. Repairs may last a long time. Christ designs to make us both safe and sound. Justification gives the first - safety; sanctification gives us the second - soundness.

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

No sign, so far, of anything sinister—but I live in hope.