Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his button-hole.

There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.