Hesba Stretton > Quotes

“God chooses our kinsfolk for us; but man chooses his own wife; having free will in that choice on which hangs his own life, and the lives of others. Yet the wisest of men said, 'Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord.' Ay, a good wife is the token of such loving favor as we know not yet in this world.”
― Hesba Stretton, Cobwebs and Cables

“The sins of good men are greater than the sins of bad men. One lie from a truthful man is more hurtful than all the lies of a liar. The sins of a man after God's own heart have done more harm than all the crimes of all the Pagan emperors.”
― Hesba Stretton, Cobwebs and Cables

“If God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, why shouldn't we forgive? If we are faithful and just, we shall.”
― Hesba Stretton, Cobwebs and Cables

“Sin spreads misery around it only when there is ground ready for the bad seed.”
― Hesba Stretton, Cobwebs and Cables

“and cleared, one week with another, about ten shillings:”
― Hesba Stretton, Jessica's First Prayer

“It is very difficult to console a person without seeming very fond of them; and then there's the danger of them growing fond of you.”
― Hesba Stretton, The Doctor's Dilemma