Quotes by : John Godfrey Saxe

Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,If one be better with them or without,Unless he use them....

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in my eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm growing....

Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay you back,....

Tis well to borrow from the good and the great 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!