I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

Human nature is the same in all professions.

—all I can say of the matter, is—That he has either a pumkin for his head—or a pippin for his heart, —and whenever he is dissected 'twill be found so.

Great wits jump

...it will be a world made not bright but brighter, not clean but cleaner.

A true love can cross through your legacy and heritage.

I got more money than I can spend now.

I've never flown a kite.

In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

Vending Machine: "This product has no known nutritional value and may cause irritability or wakefulness in some individuals. Please enjoy your selection and your day." Eve: "Up yours.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The Roman Curia has its defects, but it seems to me that people often overemphasize its defects and talk too little about the health of the many religious and laypeople who work there.