Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.

Every person is a book, each year a chapter.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular.

My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were ancestors of mine. Your people made it tropical for them. . . . The first slave brought into New England out of Africa was an ancestor of mine-for I am a mixed breed, an infinitely shaded and exquisite Mongrel.

I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one.