The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes a thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether-Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been there.

An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth.

I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.

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

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first