An Alibi is no easy thing — the innocent can’t account for their whereabouts nearly as well as the guilty.

An Alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

An Alibi is the proof that you did do what you didn't do so that others will think you didn't do what you did.

An Alibi is first cousin to an excuse, and they're both mighty poor relations.

An Apology is never sufficient — A wound is not cured by the unbending of the bow.

Apology is, on some occasions, nothing but rudeness.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

An Apology only accounts for that which it does not alter.

A Bell is a ding-a-ling

The Bell is the ultimate fullness of sound. Even the gong is unbalanced, with breaks in its fullness, and all the other instruments lack a certain smoothness here and there.

The Bell is attractive of mystical longings because it is nearest the Throat of God, the absolute fullness of sound.

The Bell is all about tone, not quality; you can always recognize spirituality in a voice by the belllike rotundity of its tones, no matter the particular metallic quality of its vocal cords.