E ought never to contend for what we are not likely to obtain.
Cardinal de Retz, Memoirs.
WILL never marry a woman who cannot carve," said M——. "Why?" "Because she would not be a help-meat for me."
Literary Gazette.
WINKLE, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
