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

My faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.

I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.

Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The southerner talks music.

When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.