Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!

In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

Wounds sustained for the sake of conscience carry their own balsam with the blow.

Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd.