A marriage. . .will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.

I am able to say that while I am not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough to excite an undertaker.

India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.

A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.

We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.

This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit. To see the sun sink down, drowned in his pink and purple and golden floods, and overwhelm Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city to a city of dreams, is a sight to stir the coldest nature, and make a sympathetic one drunk with ecstasy.