"He stands alone in unapproachable grandeur. Nineteen centuries roll away, and His character so lives that He inspires…"

"For the safeguard of your country, if you be called to the wars, grutch [complain] not nor groan at it. Go with good …"

"I never cared a bit for philology; my chief aim has been throughout to illustrate the social condition of the English…"

"Every thing is what it is, and not another thing."

"Time is a feather'd thing, And, whilst I praise The sparklings of thy looks and call them rays, Takes wing, Leaving b…"

"Let's number out the hours by blisses, And count the minutes by our kisses."

"At three words, he is at the top of the house."

"Let him that beginneth the song make an end."

"A fig for him. Let him doe his worst."

"The Crosse is the ladder of heaven."