Famous quotes containing the words higher, mother and/or tongue:
“The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A husband’s mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.”
—Teresa Of Avila, Saint (1515–1582)