At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature.

Insistent advice may develop into interference, and interference, someone has said, is the hind hoof of the devil.

Actions lie louder than words.

To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.

You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

Circumstances alter faces.

Every dogma must have its day.