A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

The longing of my heart is a fairy portrait of myself: I want to be pretty; I want to eliminate facts and fill up the gap with charms.

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.