People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it.

The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.

To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you're proper, shut up.

But children, hark! Your mother would rather, When you arrived, have been your father.

When I remember bygone days I think how evening follows morn So many I loved were not yet dead, So many I love were not yet born.

Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.

I was born a jackdaw; why should I try to be an owl?