In my opinion, mushrooms are the best pizza toppings.

He [= a paraglider pilot] flew into a hill and beat himself up pretty badly.

And why? Is it that he is too generous, too like a philanthropist in the former case? Or that he is too wicked in the latter? No such thing. It is an impeachment of his own judgment, against which he braces himself.

Say 'father.' We never called him papa; and if one of my brothers had addressed him as 'governor,' as boys do now, I really think he'd have him cut off with a shilling.