When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and...
The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet ring Who bides his time.
O it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.
To make the world a friendly place one must show it a friendly face.
It is no use to grumble and complain It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.
As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known So I turn the leaves of Fancy till in shadowy design I find the smiling features of an old...