The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
