The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.