The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.

Man - a figment of God's imagination.

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon.

There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all.