The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

My first occupation was to map the country.

Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

The worst kind of victim was the kind that was aware of nothing.

He manages a sad smile. “An omission is not the same thing as a lie, Miss Bishop. It’s a manipulation.

...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.

Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.

If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony.

Life whispers to you all the time...from the time you wake up in the morning and with every single experience.

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.