“God bless the man who first invented sleep!”

“Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.”

“Bless yourself first before expecting God to bless you.”

“God bless the King! (I mean our faith's defender!)
God bless! (No harm in blessing) the Pretender.
But who Pretender is, and who is King,
God bless us all! That's quite another thing!”

“Work is man's original vocation. It is a blessing from God, and those who consider it a punishment are sadly mistaken.”

“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”

“No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.”

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”

“Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.”

“And blessed is he man who stands
Before his God in pain
And on his back a cross of woe
His wounds a gaping shame.
For this man is a son of God
And hallowed be thy name.”