Hast Thou Virtue? Acquire Also The Graces

You Will See In This My Notion Of Good Works, That I Am Far From Expecting To Merit Heaven By Them. By Heaven We Understand A State Of Happiness, Infinite In Degree, And Eternal In Duration. I Can Do Nothing To Deserve Such Rewards... Even The Mixed Imperfect Pleasures We Enjoy In This World, Are Rather From God's Goodness Than Our Merit, How Much More Such Happiness Of Heaven!

Wars Are Not Paid For In Wartime. The Bill Comes Later.

A Great Empire, Like A Great Cake, Is Most Easily Diminished At The Edges.

Wine Makes Daily Living Easier, Less Hurried With Fewer Tensions And More Tolerance.

Drink Does Not Drown Care, But Waters It, And Makes It Grow Faster.