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

And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.

The burnt child, urged by rankling ire, Can hardly wait to get back at the fire.

Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves.

The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.

O thrice unhappy home Whose master doesn't know the difference between a watt and an ohm!

My garden will never make me famous, I'm a horticultural ignoramus.