Famous quotes containing the words hamilton, avenue and/or school:
“Last night there was four Maries,
The night therell be but three;
There was Marie Seton, and Marie Beton,
And Marie Carmichael, and me.”
—Unknown. Mary Hamilton (l. 6972)
“Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyers avenue to the public.... And yet there is not a more fatal error to young lawyers than relying too much on speechmaking. If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“School days, school days; dear old golden rule days.
Readin and ritin and rithmetic; taught to the tune of a hickry stick.”
—Will D. Cobb (18761930)