Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

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.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

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.

The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next shelter-maybe a mile! Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!" "Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented. -And that's how umbrellas first were invented.