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.

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.

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

Diplomacy is living in state.

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

Diplomacy: lying in state.