Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life.
The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war.
Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.
Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.
There is no truth which the prophets press more steadily upon Israel than that all their national life lies in the sight and on the care of God.
The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.
