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A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven.

Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209 The words "divine service" should be reassigned and no longer used for attending church, but only for good deeds.

Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.

Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.