Ignorance is not, not knowing something. It is knowing what isn't so.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a heavy book because it can be Thrown at a Cat.

There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.