Anger requires that the offender should not only be made to grieve in his turn, but to grieve for that particular wrong which has been done by him.

It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive.

Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated. It is no cure to a lame man to take away his crutches.

Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.