The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!
Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.
Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.
Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a very good letter.'Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail. They sat there, feeling happy together.
Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.
Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.