To stand still is to fall behind.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.

Where every man in a state has a vote, brutal laws are impossible.

There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous.

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.

...fry me an optimist for breakfast.