“Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.” SoulEvilLibertyRepentanceSlipsFettersContrition Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it not a dungeon, but a solitude. When the soul is in heaven, the body feels not the weight of fetters; it carries the whole man along with it.” MenFeelsSoulWholeBodyChristianJoyJesusHeavenChristLibertySolitudeJesus ChristWeightPrisonDesertProphetCarrieDungeonsFetters Author:Tertullian
“Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.” MenSoulWiseGreatnessFoolRageTormentFettersGaudy Author:Thomas Otway
“Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt; that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.” SoulDebtDemonIronFollowersDependenceExtravaganceFettersCrafty Author:Samuel Johnson