But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school."

"The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened."

Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

"In baiting a mouse trap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse."