Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That’s the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Snow is snowy when it’s snowing, I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.

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Time is like the ocean, always there, always different.

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

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No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.

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The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.

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Some primal termite knocked on wood. And tasted it, and found it good. And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.

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Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.

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There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.

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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

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