Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of the soul;… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life is, but… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it,… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The devil makes his Christmas-pie of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
