How slow and still the time did drag along.

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.

Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.