"But I believe that God is overhead; And as life is to the living, so death is to the dead."

"Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be; Yet oh, how dear it is to us, this life we live and see!"

"For ever and ever, my darling, yes— Goodness and love are undying; Only the troubles and cares of earth Are winged fr…"

"Whenever a snow-flake leaves the sky, It turns and turns to say "Good-bye! Good-by, dear cloud, so cool and gray!" Th…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"

"Three days at , and up anchor again; our next place of call being . Every one has heard of the , who tried to beat th…"

"When I was a little boy at school, floundering through Herodotus, and getting double doses of fum-fum daily for my An…"

"Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confin…"

"I have dozens of well-authenticated anecdotes of cats who are very expert at fishing. I have, myself, watched a cat b…"