Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.

Man - a figment of God's imagination.

We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.

It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.