It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.

To forget pain is to be painless; to forget care is to be rid of it; to go abroad is to accomplish both.

Our consciences take no notice of pain inflicted on others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to us.

The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.