was leggy the sentient

[Serena Metcalf]

Possible Interpretation: A person cannot be told what to do in his own house. Curiosity killed the cat. Rule #1: Mom is always right. Rule #2: If Mom is wrong, refer to rule #1. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone -- Jesus Christ A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants.
Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. The more you know, the less you need. Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky.
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters. Pain is only weakness leaving the body. U.S. Marines proverb Practice makes permanent Look on the sunny side of life.
A good beginning makes a good ending. Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed. It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Red to black, venom lack. Red to yellow kills a fellow. or when it rains, it pours.
The law is a jealous mistress. Professor Ferdinand Fairfax Stone, Tulane Law School, early and mid 1960s. Where there's a will, there's a relative ! Sex is like war, both are exciting but neither informative. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Alternative: Who guards the guardians? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. From the Robert Frost poem 'Mending Wall'. Jack is as good as his master. Variant: Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.