“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.”
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Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister.
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
