Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.

Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

God's glory is His goodness.

The monkey is an organized sarcasm upon the human race.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.