God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us.

Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.

It is after you have realized that there is a real Moral Law, and a Power behind the law, and that you have broken that law and put yourself wrong with that Power -- it is after all this, and not a moment sooner, that Christianity begins to talk.

In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.

A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.