"And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave."

"Grin: — Your true diddler winds up all with a grin. But this nobody sees but himself. He grins when his daily work is done — when his allotted labors are accomplished — at night in his own closet, and…"

"The singular feature of the mental structure of the ape is the faculty of imitation."

"I am not mad; I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."

"The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led."