“For ever wishing to do this, wishing to see that, wishing to eat rare dishes, wishing to wear fine clothes, you pass a lifetime in fanning the flames which consume you.” — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“The provision is very inferior to the cities of refuge which were set apart by Moses for the manslayer to flee to from the… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“If a man thinks only of his own profit, and tries to benefit himself at the expense of others, he will incur the hatred… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“Môshi has said, "There is the third finger. If a man's third or nameless finger be bent, so that he cannot straighten it, although… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“Take three pints of water, and, having warmed it, add half a teacupful of wine. Put into this mixture a quantity of red-hot iron;… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“A guilty man," said the priest, with a smile, "shudders at the rustling of the wind or the chattering of a stork's beak: a… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“Therefore I pray you to follow the impulses of your natural heart; place it before you as a teacher, and study its precepts. Your… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“For ever wishing to do this, wishing to see that, wishing to eat rare dishes, wishing to wear fine clothes, you pass a lifetime… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
