In my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms?

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.

Humor is the good natured side of a truth.

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular.

Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.