I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if a man committed a sin the extermination of the whole surrounding nation-cattle and all-was likely to happen. I knew that Providence was not particular about the rest, so that He got somebody connected with the one He was after.

None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth.

Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person.

After my marriage she edited everything I wrote. And what is more, she not only edited my works, she edited me.

Bridgeport?" Said I. "Camelot," Said he.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.