"To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. "

 ~Charles Dudley Warner 

"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 

 "Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. " 

 ~Italian Proverb 

 "The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire."~Leigh Hunt"One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet." 

 ~Odell Shepard