All places are distant from heaven alike.

All places are distant from heaven alike.

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more

And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.

Where billows never break, not tempests roar.

Where billows never break, not tempests roar.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]

Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]