I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.

Them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others

Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge.

... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.

Life is a long lesson in humility.