Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease. They would elect every clean candidate in the United States, and defeat every soiled one. Their prodigious power would be quickly realized and recognized, and afterward there would be no unclean candidates upon any ticket, and graft would cease.

Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?

What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear, to know, that shall thrill me before it pass to others? What can I discover?--Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. One charm of travel dies here.

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

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

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.