Famous quotes containing the words chief, constable and/or sir:
“Wholl be chief mourner?
I, said the dove,
Ill mourn for my love,
Ill be chief mourner.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. Who killed Cock Robin? (L. 3336)
“The right eloquence needs no bell to call the people together, and no constable to keep them.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.”
—Jacob, Sir Astley (15791652)