Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
We rocked to a stop still on a downslope.
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
The hands behind me gave me another shove.
Now we were descending just as steeply.