Odd, isn't it, that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?

There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived.

Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.

Coincidence is a spiritual pun.

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.