They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.

All that matters is what we do for each other.

When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.

If I was not assured by the best authority on earth that the world is to be destroyed by fire, I should conclude that the day of destruction is at hand, but brought on by means of an agent very opposite to that of heat.

I confess I do not admire naked boys. They always seem to me to need clothes, whereas one hardly sees why the lovely forms of girls should ever be covered up.

Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?

I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?