John Godfrey Saxe Quotes

I'm growing fonder of my staff;
I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;
I'm growing fainter in my laugh;
I'm growing deeper in my sighs;
I'm growing careless of my dress;
I'm growing frugal of my gold;
I'm growing wise; I'm growing — yes, — I'm growing old!

What Lowely meant she didn't know
For she always avoided "everything low,"

Las leyes, como las salchichas, dejan de inspirar respeto en proporción a cuánto sabemos de cómo están hechas

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.

Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

But blast the man, with curses loud and deep,
Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station,
Who first invented, and went round advising,
That artificial cut-off, — Early Rising!

Young men! it 's a critical thing to go
Exactly right with a lady in tow;
But when you are in the proper track,
Just go ahead, and never look back!

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

Don't use strong drink, — pray let me advise, — It 's bad for the stomach, and ruins the eyes;

A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But he was high and she was low, And so it might not be.

Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true
I am just as rich as you;
And for every kiss I owe,
I can pay you back, you know.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment, and again.

"God bless the man who first invented sleep!"
So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.

It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by observation Might satisfy the mind.

He takes the strangest liberties — But never takes his leave!

I asked of Echo 't other day
(Whose words are few and often funny),
What to a novice she could say Of courtship, love, and matrimony. Quoth Echo, plainly, — "Matter-o'-money."