The newspaper that obstructs the law on a trivial pretext, for money's sake, is a dangerous enemy to the public weal. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse.

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.

The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops to reflect between floors. That is all right in a hearse, but not in elevators. The American elevator acts like a man's patent purge-it works.

While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.

Talent without work is useless, thank God

A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.