The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

“To begin with, I dined there on Monday, and once a week is quite enough to dine…”

“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themsel…”

“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceive…”

“One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to gi…”