Every human being has… an attendant spirit…. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. – Lydia M. Child Category: Integrity
In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men. – Mary Renault Category: Integrity
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson Category: Letters (writing)