An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

God made all the animals in a single day; he could have swept them all away in the flood and re-created them in one day when they were again needed. Therefore it was an odd idea to save specimens of them for eleven months in the ark, whilst aware that eight persons could not feed or water them by any human possibility. If they were to be preserved by miracle, the ark was not necessary - to let them swim would have answered the purpose and been more indubitably miraculous.

Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin.

When majority is insane, sane must go to asylum.

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.