It's a good thing for a dog to have fleas; keeps his mind off being a dog.

He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?

I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.

The water is clearer than the air, and the air is the air that angels breathe.

The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.

A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable influence, in the earth. They move the human race to willing and spontaneous respect for the judge, the general, the admiral, the bishop, the ambassador, the frivolous earl, the idiot duke, the sultan, the king, the emperor. No great title is efficient without clothes to support it.