Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

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.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.