A better man

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. - Benjamin Franklin

I sent a letter

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. - Mark Twain

The gift of love

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -  Benjamin Franklin

Office parties

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. - Phyllis Diller 

Twain on New Year's

 New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. - Mark Twain

How long?

"How long does getting thin take?" asked Pooh, anxiously. – A.A. Milne

Three for Thee

What does the poor man do at the rich man’s door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love. -St. Francis


"What self denial! What self abasement! What self emptying! He, whom no infinitudes can hold, is contained within infant’s age, and infant’s form. Can it be, that the great ‘I AM THAT I AM’ shrinks into our flesh?"  - Henry Law 


For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.  - Phillips Brooks