The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money.

"I wonder", he said to himself, "what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.