Ben Day Dots

Famous quotes containing the words ben, day and/or dots:

    “For of fortunes sharp adversitee
    The worst kynde of infortune is this,
    A man to han ben in prosperitee,
    And it remembren, whan it passed is.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    “By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
    By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her i’s, to save ink.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)