Believers in political faith-healing enjoy a supreme immunity from doubt.

A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.

For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.

We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.

fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.