Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.

A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.

I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.

When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.