N aime mieux dire du mal de soi-même que de n'en point parler.

La Rochefoucauld, Réflexions.

ND I said, "Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?"

C. F. Browne, Artemus Ward's Lecture.

THEOLOGICAL HOROLOGY.

HERE'S this to say about the Scotch,
So bother bannocks, braes, and birks,
They can't produce a decent watch,
For Calvinists despise good works.

Shirley Brooks, Wit and Humour.