If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn't.

The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.