The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get a set which can really be depended on 'till a dentist makes him one.

In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it mushy.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.

What a man misses mostly in heaven is company.

It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.

Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.