When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
Henry Ward BeecherComing to the Bible through commentaries is much like looking at a landscape through garret windows, over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun their webs.
Henry Ward BeecherLove is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."
Henry Ward BeecherA door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.
Henry Ward Beecher