Beauty is a perilous gift.
All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.
Integrity expects integrity.
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.