An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that "the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong."

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by the smoky, unwholesome, and enormously expensive light of candles, if they had really known that they might have had as much pure light of the sun for nothing.

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.