Follows him, yearns to him,
Prays him to love me.
Pity me, lean to me,
Thou God above me!
Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909).
Out of his surname they have coined an epithet for a knave, and out of his Christian name a synonym for the Devil.
Macaulay (On Niccolo Machiavelli).
A wonderful record, if it were correct, but “Old Nick” is said to be derived from Scandinavian mythology.