Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot but regard as a being amiable without meaning it.

I shall do everything it becomes me to do.

He was one of those men, and they are not the commonest, of whom we can know the best only by following them away from the marketplace, the platform, and the pulpit, entering with them into their own homes, hearing the voice with which they speak to the young and aged about their own hearthstone, and witnessing their thoughtful care for the everyday wants of everyday companions, who take all their kindness as a matter of course, and not as a subject for panegyric.

Human experience is usually paradoxical.

But certain winds will make men's temper bad.

That golden sky, which was the doubly blessed symbol of advancing day and of approaching rest.

There is so much to read and the days are so short! I get more hungry for knowledge every day, and less able to satisfy my hunger.