A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it from a phial, a tear which the sinner had shed in doing a good action, and his sins are washed out. – Alberic, Monk of Monte-Cassino

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company. – Jerome K. Jerome

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking. – Charles Caleb Colton