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. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
“Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay you back,… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
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;… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create! — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
All things of beauty are not theirs alone who hold the fee; but unto him no less who can enjoy, than unto them who… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he didn't keep… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
