'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day! |
A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time. |
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye |
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye |
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention |
Actions lie louder than words. |
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. |
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. |
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. |
Every dogma must have its day |
It's sort of grandfathered in, |
It's sort of grandfathered in. |
Of two evils, choose the prettier |
The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all. |
To make a library it takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will do If logs are few. |