John Godfrey Saxe

Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.

— John Godfrey Saxe

If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor…

— John Godfrey Saxe

Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.

— John Godfrey Saxe

“Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay…

— John Godfrey Saxe

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…

— John Godfrey Saxe

Order is the primary regulation of the celestial regions.

— John Godfrey Saxe

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

— John Godfrey Saxe

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

— John Godfrey Saxe

All things of beauty are not theirs alone who hold the fee; but unto him no less who can enjoy, than unto…

— John Godfrey Saxe

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may…

— John Godfrey Saxe

God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he…

— John Godfrey Saxe

It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind)…

— John Godfrey Saxe

Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the…

— John Godfrey Saxe

I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early…

— John Godfrey Saxe

The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.

— John Godfrey Saxe

Alas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt.

— John Godfrey Saxe

Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!

— John Godfrey Saxe

Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf…

— John Godfrey Saxe

Say, what is life? 'Tis to be born, A helpless Babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the…

— John Godfrey Saxe

But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went…

— John Godfrey Saxe

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,-- Unless he use them wisely,…

— John Godfrey Saxe

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

— John Godfrey Saxe

The Poet's License! 't is the right, Within the rule of duty, To look on all delightful things Throughout the world of…

— John Godfrey Saxe

I asked of Echo 't other day (Whose words are few and often funny), What to a novice she could say Of…

— John Godfrey Saxe

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

— John Godfrey Saxe