“He was a very valiant man who first adventured on eating of oysters.” — James I

“The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar.” — Montaigne

“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.” — Edith Wharton

“It is impossible to love and to be wise.” — Francis Bacon

“Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.” — Mark Twain

“One may be humble out of pride.” — Montaigne

“It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.” — Ovid

“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.” — Slovenian proverb

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” — Shirley Temple

“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.” — Friedrich Nietzsche