Answer:
I have four wings but cannot fly. I never laugh and never cry. On the same spot always found, toiling away with little sound.
I cost no money to use, or conscious effort to take part of. And as far as you can see, there is nothing to me. But without me, you are dead.
What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?
Whiling away the hours of flowers, Walking through fields of gold. Preening and pruning in lights fading hours, For petals to freeze in the cold. What is it?
I am a fire's best friend. When fat, my body fills with wind. When pushed to thin, through my nose I blow. Then you can watch the embers glow.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.