"Die Wolken gehören zur Erde, nicht zum Himmel."

"Wenn wir keine Zugeständnisse machen, so können wir wohl zugrunde gehen, aber niemals verderben."

"Nur wer viel allein ist, lernt gut denken."

"Man sollte den Glauben achten, wie man die Liebe achtet."

"Das beste Buch ist aber das, welches dem Leser seinen eigenen Reichtum fühlbar macht."

"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…"