Calculation Never Made A Hero.

Courage Does Not Consist In Calculation, But In Fighting Against Chances.

With Christians, A Poetical View Of Things Is A Duty. We Are Bid To Color All Things With Hues Of Faith, To See A Divine Meaning In Every Event.

Faith ... Acts Promptly And Boldly On The Occasion, On Slender Evidence.

Most People Go Not By Argument, But By Sympathies.

There Are Wounds Of The Spirit Which Never Close And Are Intended In God's Mercy To Bring Us Nearer To Him, And To Prevent Us Leaving Him By Their Very Perpetuity. Such Wounds Then May Almost Be Taken As A Pledge, Or At Least As A Ground For A Humble Trust, That God Will Give Us The Great Gift Of Perseverance To The End. This Is How I Comfort Myself In My Own Great Bereavements.