Oliver Herford Quotations

I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way, And every Bulrush on the river bank A Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.

If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

My wife has a whim of iron

Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.