Diplomacy is living in state.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.