Brother David

Famous quotes containing the words brother and/or david:

    Maud Muller looked and sighed: “Ah me!
    That I the Judge’s bride might be!

    “He would dress me up in silks so fine,
    And praise and toast me at his wine.

    “My father should wear a broadcloth coat,
    My brother should sail a painted boat.
    John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued, that they compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)