Two things seemed pretty apparent to me. One was that in order to be a pilot a man had to learn more than any one man ought to learn; and the other was that he must learn it all over again in a different way every 24 hours.

I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order.