There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin.