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• A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties.
  He should insult her in the privacy of the home. -- James Thurbe...
• I have lived some thirty years on this planet and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
  -- James Thurbe...
• Moderator: Knows all, sees all, trips over his/her own two feet.
• She developed a persistent troubled frown which gave her the expression of someone who is trying to repair a watch with his gloves on.
  -- James Thurber (1894-1961)...
• After you've done a thing the same way for two years look it over carefully.
  After five years look at it with suspicion and after ten years throw it away and start all over again....
• This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears.
  Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone....
• My mother told me, "Elwood,"--she always called me "Elwood"--"in this world you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
  Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant....
• Ireland is the mother sow that eats her farrow.
  -- James Joyce, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Ma...
• Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl taking a stroll through the woods.
  All at once she saw an extremely ugly bull frog seated on a log and to her amazement the frog spoke to her....