birthday poems for best friends

It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. ~Mark Twain



About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation. ~Tom Wilson



A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season. ~Author Unknown



To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. ~John Burroughs



For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. ~Mark 11:23



I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. ~William James



The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted. ~Andre Gide



Literature is the question minus the answer. ~Roland Barthes



Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb



You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. ~Paul Sweeney



History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. ~Konrad Adenauer



The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. ~Mark Twain



It is not a Justice System. It is just a system. ~Bob Enyart



The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887



You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. ~Neil Gaiman



Adage: an old saying that has been popularly accepted as a truth; a saying often in metaphorical form that embodies a common observation. Example: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."



Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing. ~Ben Hecht, Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers



Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. ~Kin Hubbard



Las Vegas is sort of like how God would do it if he had money. ~Steve Wynn



Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb