It is tact that is golden, not silence.
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.