The Muses Were Dumb While

Presents, I Often Say, Endear Absents.

A Clear Fire, A Clean Hearth, And The Rigour Of The Game.

Brandy And Water Spoils Two Good Things.

I Mean Your Borrowers Of Books - Those Mutilators Of Collections, Spoilers Of The Symmetry Of Shelves, And Creators Of Odd Volumes.

I Know That A Sweet Child Is The Sweetest Thing In Nature, Not Even Excepting The Delicate Creatures Which Bear Them.