Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Art Copy Share Image
Actresses will happen in the best regulated families. — Oliver Herford Accidents happen Copy Share Image
To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning. — Oliver Herford Brooks Copy Share Image
Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. — Oliver Herford Alimony Copy Share Image
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. — Oliver Herford Tact Copy Share Image
An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it. — Oliver Herford Cooking Copy Share Image
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous. — Oliver Herford Communication Copy Share Image
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often. — Oliver Herford Funny Copy Share Image
Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the… — Oliver Herford Bubbles Copy Share Image
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech. — Oliver Herford Communication Copy Share Image
“At evening when the lamp is lit, The tired Human People sit And doze, or turn with solemn looks The speckled pages… — Oliver Herford Cats Copy Share Image
Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone. — Oliver Herford Age Copy Share Image
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. — Oliver Herford Boston Copy Share Image
There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it. — Oliver Herford Boat Copy Share Image
There is always room at the top - after the investigation. — Oliver Herford Investigation Copy Share Image
I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way, And every Bulrush on the river bank A… — Oliver Herford Angel Copy Share Image
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. — Oliver Herford Ambition Copy Share Image
