“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vinesLived twelve little girls in two straight linesIn two straight lines they broke their breadAnd brushed their teeth and went to bed.They left the house at half past nineIn two straight lines in rain or shine-The smallest one was Madeline.”

“Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good”

“It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.”

“The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.”

“A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.”

“In a library in Missouri that was covered with vinesLived thousands of books in a hundred straight linesA boy came in at half past nineEvery Saturday, rain or shineHis book selections were clan-des-tine.”

“ Length of a straight line is determined by the two tiny dots on both ends ”