Peter found his restoration all the easier because of John. Lover of retirement, eat not then, thy morsel alone, or if thou have no morsel, starve not in secret. Jesus sent out his disciples by twos, for he knew that each would cheer his fellow. Happy those Christian companions who share each other's joys and sorrows, and so pass onward to the skies knit together as one man. Communication enriches, reticence impoverishes.
Communion is strength, solitude is weakness.
The monastic or hermit death-life is not our Master's beau. Reader be not a carping critic, separating from everybody. Be the friend of men, and not the reviler of thy kind. Be a bond in the church, not a separating knife. Little children, love one another.