We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
I had no idea how much of this was making it through the muffling bag.