I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything purely to please myself or omit anything because it is a great denial, if I trust myself, if I take any praise for any good which Christ does by me, or if I am in any way proud, I shall act as my own and not God’s.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.