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(William S. Porter, 1862—1910)

U.S. short story writer

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

(1863—1935)

U.S. authorillustrator

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

(1863—1935)

U.S. poet

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often..

(1863—1935)

U.S. poet

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

(1863—1935)

U.S. poet

Only the young die good.

(1863—1935)

U.S. poet

When I go abroad, I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

(1863—1935), poet

People who live in glass houses should pull down the blinds.

(1863—1935),U.S. poet

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

(1863—1935),U.S. poet

There is no time like the pleasant.

(1809—1894)

U.S. essayist & poet

I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.