Foundation Staff

Famous quotes containing the words foundation and/or staff:

    A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
    Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    For the first fourteen years for a rod they do whine,
    For the next as a pearl in the world they do shine,
    For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve,
    For the next matrons or drudges they serve,
    For the next doth crave a staff for a stay,
    For the next a bier to fetch them away.
    Thomas Tusser (c. 1520–1580)