It is beauty’s privilege to kill time, and time’s privilege to kill beauty.
“I am climbin’ the ’ill of experience,” as the boy said who was made sick by smoking.
Strange behavior—A vessel “hugging” the coast.
What is the great want of the age?—Want of funds.
When is the water most liable to escape?—When it is only half tide.
The violinist who “carried the house by storm” used a rain bow afterward.
Even a clothes line becomes unsteady when it has too many sheets in the wind.
“Mankind,” said the preacher, “includes woman; for man embraces woman.”
When is a ship like a dressmaker?—When she’s rounding the Cape or tacking about.
“The only way to look at a lady’s faults,” exclaimed a gallant, “is to shut your eyes.”