An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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.
A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.