Saying one's prayers isn't exactly the same thing as praying.

A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing.

I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.

The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.

Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.

Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.