"Life is a web with many broken ends: Then why, O friend, be sad? Good is not near so good as it pretends; Bad is not …"

"When I hear a politician Speak of honours and position, And the time to come when he will sit on high, Then I feel a …"

"Ah apple caused man's fall, as some believe; But that old Snake, malevolently wise, A deadlier snare set when he left…"

"The narrow, thorny path he trod. "Enter into My joy," said God. The sad ascetic shook his head; "I've lost all taste …"

"The Missionary labours With zeal, and pious art, And rice, and cabin biscuit, In hope to change his heart;And dear ol…"

"Six days he does no work, and The seventh takes for rest."

"Must we all in grovel wallow Like to bisons in a bog — Must we call him an Apollo If he is not quite a hog?"

"There's rest and peace in plenty here, and eggs and milk to spare; The scenery is calm and sane, and wholesome is the…"

"I'd sooner talk to a man than a woman any day. Ten minutes exhausts them."

"If beings of Mythology Could live at my commands I'd choose to be, Who had a hundred hands: And every hand of mine Wo…"