Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.

When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.

Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.

You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.