King Henry IV

Famous quotes containing the words king henry, king and/or henry:

    Prince Hal. I never thought to hear thee speak again.
    King Henry. Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Like to the tree of Tantalus she fled,
    And seeming lavish, sav’de her maydenhead.
    Ne’re king more sought to keepe his diademe;
    Than Hero this inestimable gemme.
    Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)

    You can’t appreciate home till you’ve left it, money till it’s spent, your wife till she’s joined a woman’s club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
    —O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862–1910)