Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair spirit for my minister
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear That which disfigures it.
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
The Christian has greatly the advantage of the unbeliever, having everything to gain and nothing to lose.
Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.