Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as legislature.... So people who go to bed to sleep Must count French premiers or sheep, And people who ought to arise from bed Yawn and go back to sleep instead.

I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.

The old men know when an old man dies.

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart that dictates my decision.'

Some debts are fun while you are acquiring them, But none are fun when you set about retiring them.

Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed by milky eye. She seems to pant, Time up, time up! My little dog must die, And lie in dust with Hector's pup; I So, presently, must I.