“That's what he got for neglecting his work to go on wild-goose chases to impress a girl”
“If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?”
“No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.”
“Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase?”
“A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls.”
“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.”