Kindness is a language herd by deaf men and felt by blind men.

A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.

People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.

From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.

The piano may do for love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils, but give me the banjo.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

This is the only sane clerical the earthquake has exposed to view yet.