BEWARE of corners, Christians! Not only of those sharp things against which your brother so foolishly will run and hurt himself, instead of giving them plenty of roadway, and against which you, too, will do the same. For, say what we will, there seems to be a disagreeable instinct in us for hurting our feelings by running against sharp and hard things. But also beware of those projections, behind which people hide to obtain a look at the passer-by. Whether the sharp corner, which seems to be in everyone’s way, or the projection, from behind which sly eyes peep, is the more unchristian, it would be hard to say. Perhaps the latter: for it is less bad to be an angular Christian than to be a spying one.
Beware of corners! Seek to be gracious, and offend none if possible; but, whatever you do, do not fail in openness and honesty.