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

Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness; of gray skies and harsh winds; of strong-nerved, stout-purposed, slow-thinking men and women. Above all, a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.

There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.

A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.