Horace Annesley Vachell

I have been crying," she replied, simply, "and it has done me good. It helps a woman you know, just as swearing helps a man.

In nature there are no rewards or punishments: there are consequences.

This, however, is sure: nothing is really lost. Any influence for good, no matter how ephemeral, makes its mark: it helps to leaven the loaf of evil: it leaves a loophole, albeit a small one, for a future escape from bondage.