Two friends . . . there are stronger forces on earth, perhaps, but few as tenacious and enduring as the bond between true friends.

Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.

Truth is a constant delight to those that love her; such beauty holds no power to offend.

People did not go jumping from one place to another with nothing in between. It simply did not happen.

I tell you the truth, a man may not make himself king; only the blessing of him who holds the kingship can elevate a man to that high place. For sovereignty is a sacred trust that may not be bartered or sold; still less may it be stolen or taken by force.

Early man recognised these lines of force and marked them out on the landscape with, well, any old thing, really standing stones, ditches, mounds, tumps, sacred wells, and that sort of thing. And, later on, with churches, market crosses, crossroads, and whatnot.

Life is a school of the spirit.