- Nursery Rhyme. Ccclxxxiii. Lullabies
Dance to your daddy,
My little babby,
Dance to your daddy;
My little lamb.
...
- Nursery Rhyme. Ccclxv. Paradoxes
Up stairs, down stairs, upon my lady's window,
There I saw a cup of sack and a race of ginger;
Apples at the fire, and nuts to crack,
A little boy in the cream-pot up to his neck....
- Cows
There was an old man who said, "How
Shall I flee from this horrible cow?
I will sit on this stile
And continue to smile,
...
- Nursery Rhyme. Cvi. Proverbs
The art of good driving 's a paradox quite,
Though custom has prov'd it so long;
If you go to the left, you're sure to go right,
If you go to the right, you go wrong....
- Egotism
Here's to the man who is wisest and best,
Here's to the man who with judgment is blest.
Here's to the man who's as smart as can be -
I mean the man who agrees with me....