Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

An oyster may be crossed in love.