I wanted for the moments in my life to follow each other and order themselves like those of a life remembered. It would be just as well to try to catch time by the tail. Jean-Paul Sartre
A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them. Mark Twain
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain
Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing. Italian Proverb
If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak. Dutch Proverb
Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast. German Proverb