Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

Distaste sounds more emphatic when expressed as moral disapproval. With most of us the moral counterblast is nothing more than the angry rendering of a yawn.

You cannot find, make or understand true friendship without having enemies.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.