History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.