Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.

One must travel, to learn.

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?

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.