" They approached over the mossy turf, and presently Paul looked upa strong face, stern and self-contained; the face of a man who would always have a purpose in life, who would never be petty in thought or deed.

For my own part I have thought of the idea of God as the banner of human unity and justice, and I have made some tentatives in that direction, but men, I perceive, have argued themselves mean and petty about religion.

The prisons of the former government were "petty to the ends" of this.

The true key-note of his mind is to be found in these words to his friend Coelius: "Cling to the city, my friend, and live in her light: all employment abroad, as I have felt from my earliest manhood, is obscure and petty for those who have abilities to make them famous at Rome".