"If this awful thing didn't lie at our door!" "Good Heavens, Margaret! why will you take on so?
Any one hearing you talk might think us guilty of murder, or some other dreadful crime.
Even if the worst fears are realized, no blame can lie with us.

Parties are given every night, and young men, and old men too, go home from them with lighter heads than when they came.

No one is compelled to drink more than is good for him.

If he takes too much, the sin lies at his own door." "If you talked for ever, Mr.Birtwell," was answered "nothing you might say could possibly change my feelings or sentiments.

I know we are responsible both to God and to society for the stumbling-blocks we set in the way of others.