As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one of his main ideas, you know, that the males of almost all animals have stronger passions than the females. Since then we've learned a thing or two. At any rate, the female snake is right there when spring arrives in the woods.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people.

It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.

We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.

The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.

The Earthworm plows the whole world with his tunnels, drains and aerates the earth… If you ever buy any land, be sure it has plenty of Earthworms toiling and moiling all day so that you can sit down and relax.