When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.

All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.