There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There are characters which are continually creating collisions and nodes for themselves in dramas which nobody is prepared to act with them. Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.

It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words.