Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may read more

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die read more

Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,
Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]

No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but read more

No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.

I call'd the devil, and he came,
And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
He read more

I call'd the devil, and he came,
And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
He is not ugly, and is not lame,
But really a handsome and charming man.
A man in the prime of life is the devil,
Obliging, a man of the world, and civil;
A diplomatist too, well skill'd in debate,
He talks quite glibly of church and state.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:
it stirreth up the dead for read more

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:
it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the cheif ones of the
earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the
nations.

Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]

Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.

Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]

Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]