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.

Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.

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.

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

A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.

A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.