A lady has taken possession there." "A lady?
Is she pretty ?" "She is young." "Didst thou see her through the telescope?
What kind of hair has she got ?" "Blonde." "Then she must be very pretty.

May I take a look at her some time ?" "I am afraid thou mightest fall in love with her; for she is very beautiful, and very good." "How dost thou know she is good ?" "Because she visits the sick and the poor, and because she goes regularly to church." "Why do we never go to church ?" "Because we profess a different belief from that acknowledged by those persons who attend this church." "Do they pray to a different God from ours ?" "No; they pray to the same God." "Then why should n't we all go to the same church ?" Unable longer to control himself, Ludwig took the shrewd little child-head between his hands, and said tenderly: "My darling! my little queen! not all the synods of the four quarters of the globe could answer thy questions--let alone this poor forgotten soldier!" "There! thou always pretendest to be stupid when I want to borrow a little bit of thy wisdom.

Thou art like the rich man who tells the beggar that he has no money.

By the way, I must not forget that I always send money to the poor children on my birthday.

Come, tell me which of the heaps I shall send to-day--these small coins, or these large ones?
If thou thinkest I ought to send these little yellow ones, I have no objections.