You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.
If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn't involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head.
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.