We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.

there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.

conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize its greatness - or their own.

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.