Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Never say you know the last word about any human heart.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

Am I solemn? I had an idea I was grinning from ear to ear." "You look as if you were taking me to a prayer-meeting or a funeral. If that's a grin your ears are very near together." "Should you like me to dance a hornpipe on the deck?" "Pray do, and I'll carry round your hat. It'll pay the expenses of our journey.

When I am wicked I am in high spirits.