Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else.

Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.

I don't care how unkind the things people say about me so long as they don't say them to my face.

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental.

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.