It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.

A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.

The way to be a bore is to say everything.

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

A witty quote proves nothing.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.