In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.

Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Nothing agrees with me. If I drink coffee, it gives me dyspepsia; if I drink wine, it gives me the gout; if I go to church, it gives me dysentery.

There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.