... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!

Anger as well as love casts out fear.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.

the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

... there must be reserves -- except with God. The human soul is solitary. But for confession that is different; justice and reparation sometimes demand it; but, again, justice and courage sometimes forbid it.

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.