They burned his bones to ashes and cast them into the Swift, a neighbouring brook running close by. Thus the brook conveyed his ashes to the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas and they into the main ocean. And so the ashes of Wycliffe are symbolic of his doctrine, which is now spread throughout the world.- Thomas Fuller: The Church History of Britain (1655)
I am weak; Satan is mighty; God is almighty.-Unknown
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.-John Milton, 1608 - 1674
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure. - Louisa May Alcott, 1832 - 1888
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