Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

... happy husbands and wives can hear each other say the same thing over and over again without being tired.

Consequences are unpitying.

Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid--necessarily goes to the roots of action! Private prayer is inaudible speech, and speech is representative: who can represent himself just as he is, even in his own reflections?

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.