Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue - Washington Irving

Her mighty lakes, like oceans of liquid silver; her mountains, with bright aerial tints; her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, waving with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, rolling in solemn silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine - no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.

Острият език е единственото режещо оръжие, което става още по-остро от постояната му употреба.

His [the author's] renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.