“Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. . .”

—T. Fuller (Gnomologia, 1732)

“Rise up, my love, my fair one. . .

and come away. . .”

—Song of Solomon 2:10

“I am just going outside—

and may be some time. . .”

—Lawrence Edward Grace Oates

“Say it with flowers. . .”

—Patrick O’Keefe

Slogan for Society of American Florists

“From ghoulies and ghosties

And long-leggety beasties—

And things that go bump in the night—

Good Lord, deliver us!”

—Scottish Prayer (Anonymous)

“Good things are coming down the road—

Just don’t stop walking. . .”

—Robert Warren Painter, Jr.

“Time for a little something. . .”

—Alan Alexander Milne (“Winnie-the-Pooh”)

“I am a citizen—

Not of Athens or Greece, but—

of the world. . .”

—Socrates

“Protect yourself—

Nurture your dream. . .

Focus your energy. . .”

—Jane Porter

“We have no more right

to consume happiness without producing it—

Then to consume wealth

without producing it. . .”

—George Bernard Shaw