Man is a mixed being, made up of a spiritual soul and of a fleshly body; the angels are pure spirits, herein nearer to God, only that they are created and finite in all respects, free from decay, free from the power of death, whereas God is infinite and uncreated.
Augustus HareHappy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.
Augustus HareFriendship closes its eye rather than see the moon eclipsed; while malice denies that it is ever at the full.
Augustus Hare