Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.

I fought linotype and montype for some time because it would not justify as well as handset could be made to do; but at last, as always happens, the machine outdid the hand, and got all the best types on it.

When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.