Many are called but few get up.
Many are called but few get up.
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.
There is no time like the pleasant.
A man is known by the silence he keeps.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next sheltermaybe a mile Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse'Good gracious me 'Where is my toadstool' loud he lamented. And that's how umbrellas first were invented.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
The bubble winked at me and said, 'You'll miss me brother, when you're dead'.
Only the young die good.
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
There is always room at the top - after the investigation.
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