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

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head.

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.

If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could to-day.

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.