A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.

I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day the only mathematics I know is multiplication, and the minute I get away up in that, as soon as I reach nine times seven- [He lapsed into deep thought, trying to figure nine times seven. Mr. McKelway whispered the answer to him.] I've got it now. It's eighty-four. Well, I can get that far all right with a little hesitation. After that I am uncertain, and I can't manage a statistic.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged.

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.