The Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.

I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

Those who do not read the news are uninformed. Those who do are misinformed.

In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, when I was a boy, everybody was poor, but didn't know it; and everybody was comfortable and did know it.

the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs.

The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.