Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

To someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.

Preachers are always pleasant company when they are off duty.

I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.