Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down?

The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of men.

Generosity is the flower of justice.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. (Wakefield)

The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with divinely pictured windows.

I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean’s voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it.

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!