Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

To our betters eve can reconcile ourselves, if you please--respecting them sincerely, laughing at their jokes, making allowance for their stupidities, meekly suffering their insolence; but we can't pardon our equals going beyond us.

If fun is good, truth is still better, and love best of all.

What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.

It is all very well for you, who have probably never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do; but if you had seen what I have witnessed you would hold a different opinion.

Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?