So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity. – Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus)
A statesman of the school of sound common sense, and a philanthropist of the most practical type, a patriot without a superior – his monument is a country preserved. – C.S. Harrington
Then trust me, theres nothing like drinking So pleasant on this side the grave; It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes een the valiant more brave. – Charles Dibdin
