A garland of quotations XCII

Eventuate, O thou seven! For mine infant has dearth of a pair of new sandals.
•Franklin P. Adams, Overset (1922).

The only thing the game of dice lacks to make it a kingdom is a throne!
•Sûdraka, The Little Clay Cart (c. 400).

I am sure that no other method of mind-training can be really as effective as that of card playing and I think that, on these grounds, it should be included in the curriculum of every school.
•P. Hal Sims, Pinochle Pointers (1935).

Drunks fear the police,
but the police are drunk...