As soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given us to guide our own steps; as the foot-soldier who hears nothing of the councils that determine the course of the great battle he is in, hears plainly enough the word of command that they must themselves obey.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.

As leopard feels at home with leopard.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.