The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.
The dice of God are always loaded.
What is well done, I feel as if I did; what is ill-done, I reck not of.
There is no God dare wrong a worm.
I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each of whom aims to do his stint of the joint work, whilst each other performs his.