Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.
Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.