When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.

The bone won't come to the dog. It's the dog that goes to the bone.

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

Sometimes human nature can leave you looking just a little shamefaced.

A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas

The living always get over the dead. That’s what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, they’d only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.