They spoke to these poor creatures of the true Home, where all their sufferings should be rewarded with eternal joy—of how wise it was to exchange the passing things of time for the enduring goods of eternity; they visited the sick, they consoled the dying; above all, they administered those life-giving sacraments so precious to the Catholic Christian; and if, like the holy martyrs, persecuted by heathen emperors, they were obliged to offer the adorable sacrifice on a rock or in a poor hut, it was none the less acceptable to God, and none the less efficacious to the worshippers.
— from An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

He had nothing to gain, and nothing to lose, except that which he had already made up his mind to lose––if necessary.
— from The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum