“Why for your spouse this pompous fuss?
Was he not all his life your curse?”
“True, but at length one single action
Made up for each past malefaction.”
“Indeed! what was the action, pray?”
“Why, sir, it was,—he died one day.”
—Exchange.
January Twentieth
Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
—Kipling.