Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

However time or circumstances may come between mother and her child, their lives are interwoven forever.

Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.

A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens.

From serenity comes gentleness, comes lasting strength.

A cat is a regency gentleman--elegant of pose, exquisite of manner, with spotless linen and an enthusiasm for bare knuckle fights, rampaging love affairs, duels by moonlight and the singing of glees. He expects immaculate service from his domestic staff, and possesses a range of invective that would make a navy blanch.