There is always danger of misrepresentation in the attempt to present a view that is not one’s own.

Love of the last word has made more bitterness in families, and spoiled more Christians than it is worth.

The two great banes of humanity are self-conceit and the laziness coming from self-conceit.

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious things we have, 
Not knowing them, until we know their grave.

 It comes far easier to scold our friend, in an angry moment, than to say how much we love, honour, and esteem him in a kindly mood.

Christian simplicity should be our most beautiful adornment…..

our Lord thoroughly furnishes each of His soldiers for his work, and places before each the task he has to do.

…So people borrowed a little freshness from each other and got really something out of each other’s sphere and story.

– alas, we have too little in our national character of the quality which this word expresses his inborn, his constant amenity.