A Dog's Tale Abhorred extortion and visible waste. Absentmindedness Absolute unaccountability of conduct "Adams Memorial," by Saint-Gaudens Address he made at Yale College Affection--that is the last and final and most precious reward After seventy we are respected--but don't need to behave All beggars, each in his own way Always an incompleteness somewhere, and the shadow American habit of carrying a cotton umbrella American public opinion is a delicate fabric American enthusiasm in such matters stopped well above their po And now she is dead--& I can never tell her. And of the article: "I read it to the cat." Asked forgiveness for the tears he had brought into her life Assassination of an empress Assent to what must be Auntie Rachel Autobiography of a damn fool Ax on his shoulder proceeding toward a grindstone Back Number Beating the dirge of yesterday or the tattoo of to-morrow Been on the verge of being an angel all my life Beethoven's sonatas and symphonies also moved him deeply Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Begum, of Bengal, days out from Canton--homeward bound! Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Clemens Best friend I have ever had, but is the best man I have known Between Harte and Clemens, the whole matter was unfortunate Blasphemy Bret Harte Brown's Hotel Byron Canadian girls so pretty Carbuncle is a kind of jewel Casanova & Pepys & Saint Simon Cat having a fit in a platter of tomatoes Cats really owned Stormfield Cavalleria Rusticana Cazenova, and Rousseau. Certainty Chastity, you can carry it too far Classic--something that everybody wants to have read Claudius Communism is idiocy Compliment that helps us on our way Conceit in believing that he was the Creator's pet Confusions of memory and imagination Conscience ain't got no sense Consider every man colored till he is proved white Continuous procession of blood and slaughter and stench Convenient bronchitis Costs even more to entertain a dog than a burglar Count among my privileges in life that I know you, the author Court exertion. I love work Covetousness to-day was the basis of all commerce Curiosities and absurdities of religious superstitions Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron Cynic; restrained Damning with faint praise Death that made its beginning there Death was the thing that we did not believe in. Death--the only immortal who treats us all alike Defeat waits somewhere for every conqueror Despises pretenders and charlatans of all sorts Died at the right time, in the flower of youth and happiness Do right and you will be conspicuous "Do you swear?" "Not for amusement; only under pressure." Doctrine of Selfishness Does not seem to be in all respects a reptile Doing things and reflecting afterward Don't you care more about the wretchedness of others Don't take the bull by the horns-take him by the tail Don't reform any more. It is not an improvement Dr. Holmes's Songs in Many Keys Dr. John Brown Drawn the sting of my fiftieth year; taken away the pain of it