Whoever In Prayer Can Say,

Never Be So Brief As To Become Obscure.

The Slanderer And The Assassin Differ Only In The Weapon They Use; With The One It Is The Dagger, With The Other The Tongue. The Former Is Worse That The Latter, For The Last Only Kills The Body, While The Other Murders The Reputation.

Conscience Is Merely Our Own Judgment Of The Right Or Wrong Of Our Actions, And So Can Never Be A Safe Guide Unless Enlightened By The Word Of God.

Compromise Is But The Sacrifice Of One Right Or Good In The Hope Of Retaining Another - Too Often Ending In The Loss Of Both.

Most Of Our Censure Of Others Is Only Oblique Praise Of Self, Uttered To Show The Wisdom And Superiority Of The Speaker. It Has All The Invidiousness Of Self-praise, And All The Ill-desert Of Falsehood.