“Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances.”

“We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us.”

“The Old Testament records the sage words of an old woman in addressing two younger ones: 'The Lord grant', said Naomi, 'that ye may find rest, each of you, in the house of her husband!' Who ever heard of a woman finding rest in the house of her husband? And yet, and yet ! The restless hearts are not the hearts of wives and of mothers, as many a lonely woman knows. There is no more crushing load than the load of a loveless life. It is a burden that is often beautifully and graciously borne, but its weight is a very real one. The mother may have a bent form, a furrowed brow, and worn, thin hands ; but her heart found its rest for all that. Naomi was an old woman; she knew the world very well, and her words are worth weighing. Heavy luggage is Christ's strange cure for weary hearts.”

“Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances.”