“It is a great deal easier to set a story afloat than to stop it.”

— Charles Spurgeon, Sermon 17, "Joseph Attacked by the Archers," 1855

About Charles Spurgeon

1834 – 1892

English Baptist preacher and compiler of "The Salt-Cellars".

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it.”

“Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”