If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.
Arthur HelpsSelfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.
Arthur HelpsInfinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.
Arthur Helps