Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.
A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.