The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.