It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters. ~Roger L'Estrange, Aesop's Fables, 1692
The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire. ~Leigh Hunt 
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. ~Henry David Thoreau 
Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned to put it out. ~Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr.
Fire is the most tolerable third party. ~Henry David Thoreau
Don't let your dreams go up in smoke - practice fire safety. ~Author Unknown 
A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. ~Robert Herrick
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what really throws you into a panic. ~Jack Handey
Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor. ~Author Unknown
Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb 
Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. ~Edgar Allan Poe 
Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure. ~Author Unknown 
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld 
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
Time is the fire in which we burn. ~Delmore Schwartz 
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. ~George Bernard Shaw 
There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. ~Vincent van Gogh 
Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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