Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.