King Cakes

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or cakes:

    “The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    “A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed receipt.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)