“Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords.”
“It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.”
“Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.”
“Fire isn’t good or bad. It just burns.”
“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
“Lord, look down on Thy Servant! Bad things have come to pass. There is no heat in the midday sun, nor health in the wayside grass. His bones are full of an old disease—his torments run and increase. Lord, make haste with Thy Lightning and grant him a quick release!”