Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

Enemy occupied territory is what the world is.

I never see why we should do anything unless it is either a duty or a pleasure! Life's short enough without filling up hours unnecessarily

Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it.

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only 'mouth honour' and that decreasingly.