A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die.

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.

But old fools is the biggest fools there is.

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

Apparently one of the most uncertain things in the world is the funeral of a religion.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the boys were not aware that there was such a creature. He said he could not blame himself for not knowing about the dinosaur, because it was an American animal and America had not then been discovered.