There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.