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.
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.
We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.
When I married Humphrey I made up my mind to like sermons, and I set out by liking the end very much. That soon spread to the middle and the beginning, because I couldn't have the end without them.