How curious and interesting is the parallel — as far as poverty of biographical details is concerned — between Satan and Shakespeare.
To these upland woodsmen, the Devil is as real as you or I. More so; they have not seen us nor even know that we exist, but the Devil they glimpse often in the graveyards.
I had been taught to look for monsters and devils and I found ordinary people.
We give you best, Holmes. I believe you are the devil himself.
The devil is a very modest person, he seeks no body un- less they seek him first; he’s chained up like a mastiff, and cannot stir unless he be let loose.