“You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?”

“How can you do anything until you have seen everything,or as much as you can?”

“There is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and woman to fill our day;But when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we always arrange for more?Brothers & Sisters, I bid you bewareOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.”

“TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew -Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two,For they were young, and the Thames was oldAnd this is the tale that River told:”

“We never pay anyone Dane-geld, no matter how trifling the cost. For the end of that game is oppression and shame and the nation that plays it is lost!”

“Our hearts where they rocked our cradle,Our love where we spent our toil,And our faith, and our hope, and our honor,We pledge to our native soil.God gave all men all earth to love,But since our hearts are small,Ordained for each one spot should proveBeloved over all.”

“I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago. The other places don’t count. Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages”