An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.

Why do people respect the package rather than the man?

A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.

I do not understand; I pause; I examine.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.

Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.