How s hall I marr y
Without an y wife
At sixes an d seve ns .
Beauty is but skin de e p .
Half a l oaf is better than n o bre ad.
Bette r la te than never .
Bett er live wel l than l ong.
Bewar e of no man mor e than thyse lf.
Bir ds of a feather wi ll flock to gether .
Christmas come s but o nce a year ;
And when i t come s , i t brings good cheer ;
But when i t ’ s gone, i t ’ s never the near .
B rag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better .
By fit s an d star ts .
By an d by is easi ly said.
Car e will kill a cat .
Cats hide thei r cl aws .
Constant dr opping we ars the stone .
Cou nt not your chickens before they are hatched.
Debt is the wor st pover ty .
Do not spur a fr ee hor s e .
Don’ t cry ti l l yo u ar e o ut of the wood .
Drive thy business ; l e t not that drive thee .
Early to b e d, an d ear ly to rise,
Makes a man heal thy, wealthy, an d wise .
Ea st o r west, home is best .
Enough is as good as a feast .
Everybody ’ s business is nobody’ s bus ine ss .
HAPPY THOUGHT.
The worl d 13 so ful l Of a number of things,
I ’ m sur e we should all be as happy as kin gs .
THE SUN’ S TRAVELS.
The sun is not abed, when I
At night upon my pill ow li e
Still r ound the earth his w ay he takes,
And m orning after mor ning make s .
Whi l e her e at home, in shining day,
W e r ou nd the sunny gar den pl ay,
Each litt l e Indian sl eepy- hea d
Is being ki s sed an d put to bed .
And when at eve I rise fr om t e a ,
Day dawns beyond the Atl antic Se a ;
And al l the chi l dr en in the West
Ar e getting up an d being dr esse d.
My bed is like a littl e boat ;
Nur se helps me i n when I embark ;
She gi r ds me in my sai l or ’ s coat
And star ts me in the dark .
At night, I go On boar d an d say
Good- n ight to all my fr iends on sho re ;
I shu t my eyes an d sai l away
And se e an d hear no m or e .
And s ometimes things to bed I take,
As pru dent sai l or s have to do ;
Per haps a slice of wedding- cake,
Per haps a toy o r t w o .
All night acr oss the dar k we steer ;
But when the day r etur ns at last,
Safe i n my r oom , beside the
I fin d my vessel fas t .
THE SWING.
Ho w do yo u like to go up i n
Up in the air so bl ue
Oh, I do think i t the pl easantest thing
Ever a chi ld can do !