“Expect poison from the standing water.”

“A little bit of suspicion is a dangerous thing; a drop from a pipette of poison into a bucket of otherwise clean water.”

“Bitterness and an unforgiving spirit can be likened to you taking poison and expecting that someone else would die from the effect.”

“[According to 1348 theorists, poisoning of Christian water by Jews was the cause of Black Death.]Even the poison used to contaminate the Christian water supply was described in meticulous detail. It was "about the size of an egg," except when it was the "size of a nut" or a "large nut," "a fist" or "two fists"- and it came packaged in "a leather pouch," except when it was packaged in "linen cloth," "a rag," or a "paper coronet"; and the poison was variously made from lizards, frogs, and spiders- when it was not made from the hearts of Christians and from Holy Communion wafers.”

“Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it.”

“This man was truly like a scorpion, a poisonous sting when one least expected it.”