Bait Quote by George Herbert

“The early bird catches the worm but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“It's true that the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

— Steve Berry

“The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse who gets the cheese.”

— Steven Wright

“ Mice, I felt pretty certain, all like each other. People don't. ”

— Roald Dahl

“Do people ever wonder about why it has been said that the mice shall play when the cat is away?”

— Amarjyoti Acharya

“The cat is obeying its blood instinct when it plays with the mouse! It's made that way.”

— Agatha Christie

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

— Anonymous

“But he could never bear mice.”

— C.S. Lewis

“Unfortunately, the escape became the trap.”

— Marcia Cameron

“Cruel, Clever Cat. Sally, having swallowed cheese, Directs down holes the scented breeze, Enticing thus with baited breath Nice mice to an untimely death.”

— Geoffrey Taylor

“Never ask, never get," the dog replied. "Never try, never taste. Never taste, never enjoy.”

— Susan Wittig Albert

“Luckily, the clever pets had managed to escape.”

— Daisy Meadows