Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

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.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

The history of art is the history of revivals.