The Parent Who Could See His Boy

Any Man Will Admit If Need Be That His Sight Is Not Good, Or That He Cannot Swim Or Shoots Badly With A Rifle, But To Touch Upon His Sense Of Humour Is To Give Him Mortal Affront.

As For Politics, Well, It All Seemed Reasonable Enough. When The Conservatives Got In Anywhere, [judge] Pepperleigh Laughed And Enjoyed It, Simply Because It Does One Good To See A Straight, Fine, Honest Fight Where The Best Man Wins. When A Liberal Got In, It Made Him Mad, And He Said So,-not, Mind You; From Any Political Bias, For His Office Forbid It,-but Simply Because One Can't Bear To See The Country Go Absolutely To The Devil.

Personally, I Would Sooner Have Written Alice In Wonderland Than The Whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

He Flung Himself From The Room, Flung Himself Upon His Horse And Rode Madly Off In All Directions.

I've Seen Lifelong Friends Drift Apart Over Golf Just Because One Could Play Better, But The Other Counted Better.