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    God made bees, and bees made honey,
    God made man, and man made money,
    Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin;
    So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
    - transcribed by James Henry Dixon,

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Whatever is, is in its causes just.

Whatever is, is in its causes just.

by John Dryden Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Providence Quotes,
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There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow

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In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his read more

In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his good time.

by Robert Browning Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Lap of providence.

Lap of providence.

by Humphrey Prideaux Found in: Providence Quotes,
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God sendeth cold after clothes.

God sendeth cold after clothes.

by William Camden Found in: Providence Quotes,
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We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse read more

Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]

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