Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum read more

Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]

Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's read more

Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's grave, in England, as I trust
shall never be put out.

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. read more

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.

Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, read more

Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!

Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.

Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.

A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]

A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.

There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.