There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.
Henry Ward BeecherAffliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest.
Henry Ward Beecher