Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
When we die our money, fame, and honors will be meaningless. We own nothing in this world. Everything we think we own is in reality only being loaned to us until we die. And on our deathbed at the moment of death, no one but God can save our souls.
Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.
There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.
There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.