Oftener some slight to ourselves, some one unfortunate speech, biases our judgment, and those against whom we are thus prejudiced are even sometimes connected to us by ties of consanguinity.

We would do well to analyze the causes which lead to our feelings of dislike, and I fear we should often find that wounded self-esteem was the root of the evil.

And, after all, what a great matter a little fire kindleth! Let us quench the spark before it ignites.

It is arrant folly, not to mention wickedness, to make enemies for the little while we are here.

There is an incurable heartache which comes from such mistakes.