Shoemaker’s Stocks
“New, or straight shoes. I was in the shoemaker’s stocks; i.e. had on a new pair of shoes that were too small for me.”
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
–William Gladstone
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/gladston.html

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.
–Martha Washington

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
–George Eliot
http://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Eliot

A lot of authors read passages from their books at signings and Q&As. But in this week’s Favorite, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic take on a love scene from Heat Wave–one of the books Fillion’s character wrote on the hit show Castle. Romance writers take note! This is how it’s done…if you can keep a straight face 😀
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
–Isaac Newton
http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/01-courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
–Moliere
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Moliere-French-dramatist
