The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

At the base of the eyelash is an invisible mite. Ask not what your mite can do for you but what you can do for your mite. And remember, mite makes right.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveller apace To gain the timely inn, and near approaches The subject of our watch.

Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397 People naturally do not shout it out, least of all into the ears of us ministers; but let us not be deceived by their silence. Blood and tears, deepest despair and highest hope, a passionate longing to lay hold of ... Him who overcomes the world because He is its Creator and Redeemer, its beginning and ending and lord -- a passionate longing to have the word spoken, the word which promises grace in judgment, life in death, and the beyond in the here and now, God's word -- this it is that animates our church-goers.

Olympian bards who sung Divine ideas below, Which always find us young And always keep us so.

Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing.

Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred -- may not even be encumbrances.

Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624 Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge", not the Bible, save as leading to Him.

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.

The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.

Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die, Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we fall.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . . And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain?

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician.