For twenty-four years I've been in love with the same woman.
If my wife ever finds out she'll kill me. 

     -Henny Youngman 

I sometimes get up grumpy, but then she wakes up.

Everywhere children are schooled to become masters at
answering questions and to remain novices at asking
them. (Dillon, 1988) 

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. 

    - Aesop 

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.