Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of workers in the world, the people who do all the work, and the people who think they do all the work. The latter class is generally the busiest, the former never have time to be busy.

Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Imagination seems to be a glory and a misery, a blessing and a curse. Adam, to his sorrow, lacked it. Eve, to her sorrow, possessed it. Had both been blessed - or cursed - with it, there would have been much keener competition for the apple.

Islands are gregarious animals, they decorate the ocean in conveys.

Call no man a foe, but never love a stranger.

The music paled like a candle and went out.