When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence.

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

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness

New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.

Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young, the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above, it was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.

The devil's aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs.