The Lord God had created all animals, and had chosen out the wolf to be his dog.

They were indeed great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost.

Chemistry is a gibberish of Latin and German; but in Leibig's hands it becomes a powerful language.

Lina said to Fundevogel: 'Never leave me, and I will never leave you.' Fundevogel said: 'Neither now, nor ever.' Then said Lina: 'Do you become a rose-tree, and I the rose upon it.

you shall tie the marriage knot with the ropemaker's daughter and the cawing of the crows will be your wedding song.

Jacob wrote that the true poet 'is like a man who is happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he is allowed to look at leaves and grass, to see the sun rise and set. The false poet travels abroad in strange countries and hopes to be uplifted by the mountains of Switzerland, the sky and sea of Italy. He comes to them and is dissatisfied. He is not as happy as the man who stays at home and sees the apple trees flower in spring, and hears the small birds singing among the branches

In the olden days, when wishing still worked, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest daughter was so lovely that even the sun... was struck with wonder.