Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of read more

Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of a Jew.

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.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother read more

The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother of mankind.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.

Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.

The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.