Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.

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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

When I look at you every aged phrase is new, and there are moments when...

When I look at you every aged phrase is new, and there are moments when...

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a...

Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as...

Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an...

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our...

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our...