And this piece of ancient cynicism has run through a thousand changes:
“Of course if you leave your umbrella at home it’s sure to rain!”
But comment, to the Sulphite, is unnecessary. These remarks would all be in his Index Epurgatorius, if one were necessary. Except in jest it would never even occur to him to use any of the following remarks:
I.
“I don’t know much about Art, but I know what I like.”
II.
“My mother is seventy years old, but she doesn’t look a day over fifty.”
III.
“That dog understands every word I say.”