He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his face toward the flames.

Truly it is the hardest of all trials to see souls so dear in pains we cannot remedy.

I do feel that houses have faces - and feelings too.

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

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I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.

It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough approximation.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn; Object of my implacable disgust.

I’ve always lived in the moment.