TO obtain dry weather, it was arranged to have a procession with the shrine of St. Geneviève. Scarcely had the cortege started, however, than it began to rain. On which the Bishop of Castres wittily remarked: “The saint is mistaken--she believes we are asking her for rain.” * * * * * I ONCE heard an orthodox person denouncing those who discuss articles of faith. “Gentlemen,” he said naïvely, “a true Christian does not examine what he is ordered to believe. Dogma is like a bitter pill: if you chew it, you will never be able to swallow it.” * * * * * M. DE ---- asked a certain bishop for a country house of his which he never occupied. “Don’t you know,” said the bishop, “that a man ought always to have some place to which he never goes, but where he believes he would be happy?” “Yes,” replied M. de ----, “it is quite true--that is what has made the fortune of Paradise.” * * * * * RULHIÈRE said to him one day: “I have only been guilty of one baseness all my life.” “When will it end?” asked Chamfort. PRINTED BY R. FOLKARD AND SON, 22, DEVONSHIRE STREET, QUEEN SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. Transcriber’s Note In this file, text in _italics_ is indicated by underscores, and text in SMALL CAPITALS has been made uppercase. The following corrections were made to the text as printed: Page 6: “A M. Mège” changed to “A. M. Mège”. 12: “n’écrivons pas cela.</i>” So far indeed” changed to “n’écrivons pas cela.</i>”” So far indeed”. 53: “petty passions also” changed to “petty passions; also”. 54: Both instances of “marshalls” changed to “marshals”. 55: “couplets whfch amazed” changed to “couplets which amazed”. Otherwise, as far as possible, the original text has been preserved unchanged.