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• For though his body 's under hatches, His soul has gone aloft.
  -- Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) -- Tom Bowling...
• He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.
  But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them....
• He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.
  But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them....
• There 's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.
  -- Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) -- Poor Jack...
• The wise prince must foment some emnity so that by suppressing it he will augment his greatness.
  -- Italo Bombolini...
• Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• Frank knew that no man had ever crossed the desert on foot and lived to tell about it.
  So, he decided to get back in his car and keep driving. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey...
• Happiness is not a circus clown rolling around in a big tractor tire so that his arms and legs form "spokes.
  Happiness is when he stops. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey...
• The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- On Friendship...