I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.
To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.
conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.
Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.
Anger as well as love casts out fear.
One must desire something to be alive.