"Remunerated joy, weekends off or annual holidays paid by the boss is like paying to make love. It seems the same but …"

"We take notice of all feasts, and the almanack is part of the common law, the calendar being established by Act of Pa…"

"I have a theory that "holidays" evolved from the medieval pilgrimage, and are essentially a kind of penance for being…"

"You, masters of the earth – princes, kings, emperors, powerful majesties, invincible conquerors – simply try to make …"

"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it…"

"There were his young barbarians all at play There was their Dacian mother]], he, their sire, Butcherd to make a Roman…"

"And that was the way The deuce was to pay As it always is, at the close of the day That gave us]], Hurray! Hurray! Hu…"

"The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, …"

"If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work."

"Being holiday, the beggars shop is shut."