The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.

A real dog, beloved and therefore pampered by his mistress, is a lamentable spectacle. He suffers from fatty degeneration of his moral being.

Cats, even when robust, have scant liking for the boisterous society of children, and are apt to exert their utmost ingenuity to escape it. Nor are they without adult sympathy in their prejudice.

There is nothing in the world so incomprehensible as the joke we do not see.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.