Seeking is not always the way to find.

Seeking is not always the way to find.

How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.

The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.

The poet sees things as they look. Is this having a faculty the less? or a sense the more?

Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away.

We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.