The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but when you fall down and skin your leg they don't tell you what to say.
You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.
An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.
Each season brings a world of enjoyment and interest in the watching of its unfolding, its gradual harmonious development, its culminating graces-and just as one begins to tire of it, it passes away and a radical change comes, with new witcheries and new glories in its train.