Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.

I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.

Bells are musics laughter.

He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.