moral vanity is the snare of good people.
Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
Anger as well as love casts out fear.
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!
the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.
A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.