“The more of the solid there is in a man, the less does he act…” Charles H. Spurgeon

The more of the solid there is in a man, the less does he act the balloon.

In today’s wordsThe more solid a person is, the less he puffs himself up like a balloon.

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

Charles H. Spurgeon: The more of the solid there is in a man, the less does he act the balloon.