If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.