You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.

Of all the unchristian beverages that ever passed my lips, Turkish coffee is the worst. The cup is small, it is smeared with grounds; the coffee is black, thick, unsavory of smell, and execrable in taste. The bottom of the cup has a muddy sediment in it half an inch deep. This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour.

Do good when you can, and charge when you think they will stand it.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river.

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.