In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

The catfish is Plenty good enough fish for anyone

Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops to reflect between floors. That is all right in a hearse, but not in elevators. The American elevator acts like a man's patent purge-it works.

As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the boys were not aware that there was such a creature. He said he could not blame himself for not knowing about the dinosaur, because it was an American animal and America had not then been discovered.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.