Nothing Looks As Self-satisfied As A Contented

I've Been Reading Ghost Stories Ever Since I Could Read. I'm Immensely Curious About Ghosts And Ufos And All That Stuff, But I'm A Very Hard-headed Person.

If You Take A Man By Surprise, And Behave With Sufficient Arrogance, He Will Generally Do What You Ask. -emerson

Everything Has Happened Before - Not Once, But Over And Over Again. We May Not Be Able To Solve Our Problems Through What Are Pompously Called "the Lessons Of History," But At Least We Should Be Able To Recognize The Issues And Perhaps Avoid Some Of The Solutions That Have Failed In The Past. And We Can Take Heart In Our Own Dilemma By Realizing That Other People In Other Times Have Survived Worse.

The Approval Of A Cat Cannot But Flatter The Recipient.

Cats Always Made Up To The People Who Hated Them The Most. Depending On How You Chose To Look At It, It Was A Touching Manifestation Of Trust, Or A Malicious Pleasure In Human Discomfort.