Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But Microscopes are prudent In an emergency.

Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see - but microscopes are prudent in an emergency

Faith is the pierless bridge supporting what we see unto the scene that we do not.

I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

Ample make this bed. / Make this bed with awe; / In it wait till judgement break / Excellent and fair.