Yawning
Say: "Excuse me, it's not the company; it's the stomach."
Letter Y
Youth
"What a wonderful thing it is!" Always quote the Italian lines, even if you don't know what they mean: "*O Primavera! Gioventu dell' anno! O Gioventu! Primavera della vita!*"
More from Letter Y
Young gentleman
Always sowing wild oats; he is expected to do so. Astonishment when he doesn't.
Young lady
Utter these words with diffidence. All young ladies are pale, frail, and always pure. Prohibit, for their good, every kind of reading, all visits to museums, theaters, and especially to the monkey house at the zoo.
Yvetot
"See Yvetot and die." (See Naples and Seville.)