He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea.

It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.

The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.

Presbyterianism without infant damnation would be like the dog on the train that couldn't be identified because it had lost its tag.

There are two things nobody should ever have to watch being made, sausage and laws.

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.