Buckle my shoe.

1.  
"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."
– Tom Stoppard


2.  
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
– H. L. Mencken


 

Weighed in the balance.

"The repeated promises in the Qur'an of the forgiveness of a compassionate and merciful Allah are all made to the meritorious, whose merits have been weighed in Allah's scales, whereas the gospel is good news of mercy to the undeserving. The symbol of the religion of Jesus is the cross, not the scales."

– John R. W. Stott