Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals.
A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.
Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.
I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.