The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't mind.

A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn't.

Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.