An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

"You may find it difficult to believe that even a glittering new postwar refrigerator is capable of suggesting that its owner serve the one finest whiskey ever bottled."
—Life (Dec. 31, 1945)

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Each finger pointed towards the open way in front."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "A mirror was thrust beneath my gaze."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "We leaped over great inequalities."

"It will only be funny if Woody makes it funny."
—Lee Guthrie, Woody Allen, A Biography (1978)

"The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body." —Richard Grossinger, Dark Pool of Light: The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "This struggling ray of sunlight is to be your last for years."

Rumpelstiltskin is an anagram of "Purls silken mitt."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "I stood alone in my room holding the mysterious manuscript."

"It is only funny if it is funny to an observer. But if something is only funny if it is funny to human beings, then it does not follow that therefore human beings are funny in themselves."
—Oliver Sensen, Kant on Human Dignity (2011)

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "With fear and trembling I crept on my knees to his side."

"Some change takes time. Give it the time it needs, and you may be quite surprised—and pleased—with the results."
—Stedman Graham, Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success (2000)

An illustration from Parents and Children (1873).  The caption reads: "In a moment Maurice was on fire!"

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Facing the open window he turned the pupils of his eyes upward."

"Nothing like an emotional roller-coaster ride followed by a crying jag.  Someone should write a book about it; it could be the new fitness/exercise craze."
—Louisa Edwards, Can't Stand the Heat

An illustration from The Autobiography of a Man O' War's Bell by C. R. Low (1875).  The caption reads: "I stepped forward, eagerly seized a paper, when oh, horror! there appeared before my eyes, as I hastily opened the slip, the single word—Death!"

"It's only funny if you've heard it a million times."
—Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel