I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.

There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.

No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.

Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.

I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.