It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it from its obscurity and summon the genie and command him to crown her with power and greatness and bring to her feet the hoarded treasures of the earth.

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.

I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself.

If men bore children, there would only be one born in each family.

There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.