The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.

We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.

the Press has no band of critics who go the round of the churches and chapels, and are on the watch for a slip or defect in the preacher, to make a 'feature' in their article: the clergy are, practically, the most irresponsible of all talkers.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

Husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order.