We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.
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They (the animals) have very positive rights because they are God’s creatures. If we have to speak with absolute accuracy we must say that God has the right to have all His creatures treated with proper respect. Nobody should therefore carelessly repeat the old saying that animals have no rights. This could easily lead to wanton cruelty … The difficulty is that many people do not realise the extent to which cruelty to animals is practised as a matter of business … The best and most experienced teachers … talk of kindness to animals. Christians have a duty not only to refrain from doing harm but also to do positive good.
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A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
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Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.
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The adoration of his heart had been to her only as the perfume of a wild flower, which she had carelessly crushed with her foot in passing.
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A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.
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