She came naturally by her confused and groundless fears, for her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electri… - James Thurber

Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. — Fables for Our Time, Moral of “The Owl Who Was God” (1940)

Geep,' whuppled the parrot.

He would say to a suitor, “What is the difference in the length of my legs?” and if the youth replied, “Why, one is shorter than the other,” the Duke would run him through with the sword he carried in his swordcane and feed him to the geese. The suitor was supposed to say, “Why, one is longer than the other.