Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.

I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the read more

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the opposite.
[Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]

The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the Music breathing from her face,
The read more

The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the Music breathing from her face,
The heart whose softness harmonized the whole,
And, oh! the eye was in itself a Soul!

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.

Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once read more

Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.