One must travel, to learn.

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.

More than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking.

Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!

There is no humor in heaven.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.