I vowed unvarying faith, and she To whom in full I pay that vow, Rewards me with variety Which men who change can never know. - Coventry Patmore

The cloud that is light to Israel is darkness to Egypt.

Ninety-nine men in a hundred are natural men, that is, beasts of prey; and it is mere insanity, in business matters, to deal with a stranger upon any other assumption than that he is a natural man, though we should veil our knowledge of the actual fact by a courteous recognition in words and manners of his better possibilities.

Modern Philosophers, that wisely keep to sandy shallows, like shrimps, for fear of bigger fish.