Which of us that is thirty years old has not had its Pompeii? Deep under ashes lies the life of youth--the careless sport, the pleasure and the passion, the darling joy.

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

In effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either.

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

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

There is a skeleton in every house.

I will bring order from chaos and light from darkness.