“Because those unfortunates would either have to learn to talk or you would have to learn to keep silent.”
Reason
Reason is the only thing we can lose without ever having possessed it.
There Would Be No Use
Gentleman:—“Don’t you love Heine?”
Old Maid:—“Why should I? The man is dead!”
Good Advice
“Waiter, close those windows; there is a draught, and I am suffering with rheumatism. I can’t have the door open, either, or my feet get cold, and don’t you go and wipe those tables, you’ll raise a dust and I have a cough! My tea must not be strong either, as I am nervous.”
“If I were you, I would go to a hospital and be put in an incubator.”