Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after good and evil in one another, and eating the tree of knowledge for Satan's gratification.

I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release.

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.

Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!

Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!

Swedenborg is the Angel sitting at the tomb: his writings are the linen clothes folded up.

I heard an Angel singingWhen the day was springing,"Mercy, Pity, PeaceIs the world's release.

As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.