In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.

The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could.

Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

Man is, perhaps, no more prone to war than he used to be and no more inclined to commit other evil deeds. But a given amount of ill will or folly will go further than it used to.

Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it.