There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.