Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. |
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it |
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most |
Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven. |
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. |
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. |
Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth |
Old habit of mind is one of the toughest things to get away from in the world. It transmits itself like physical form and feature . . . |
On Hawaii: The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean |
On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined. |
Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up |
Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again. |
One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it |
One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare |
One learns through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect |