But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
History repeats itself.
Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.