...Assyria, what confidence is this wherein thou trustestl behold, thou trustest on the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, King of Egypt, unto all that trust upon him. Now make...

...I rejoice to discern that such computation is fallacious quite, in all parts of it; a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will run into his hand. Even so : and all of us thank God for the merciful destruction of the potato (much as we love that...

...you have rebelled against me? You have put your trust in Egypt:, in the staff of this broken reed, on which if a man lean, it will run into his hand and pierce it. But if you say to me, We trust in the Lord our God, is it not the Lord whose altars Hezekiah has taken...