The Buddha and Mohammed and their companions and many Christian saints are incrusted with a heavy jewellery of anecdotes which are meant to be honorific, but are simply abgeschmackt and silly, and form a touching expression of man's misguided propensity to praise.

And he wrote a letter after this manner: Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot, pace, and gallop.

Then there was Ruby, who had been a wild child, willful, and determined to be everything her parents hated and feared.