But certain winds will make men's temper bad.

Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough.

Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another

It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience.

Effective magic is transcendent nature.

A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines the consequences it believes in.