Wee may say of him, as of the Spaniard, Hee is a bad Servant, but a worse Maister.
The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but we need not give them entertainment with open doors.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
If I were to live to the world's end, and do all the good that man can do, I must still cry, " Mercy!" Why then should I be unwilling or afraid to die this moment, with a sense of God's pardoning love, when I can have no other claim to salvation if I were to live forever?
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)