Famous quotes containing the words base and/or mount:
“Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,
Ascend to heaven in honour of my love.”
—Joshua Sylvester (1561–1618)
“But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)