Mercury Delay Lines

Famous quotes containing the words mercury, delay and/or lines:

    “The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
    What instruments we have agree
    The day of his death was a dark cold day.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    “Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate.”
    —St. Augustine (354–430)

    “When the rose reigns, and locks with ointments shine,
    Let rigid Cato read these lines of mine.”
    —Robert Herrick (1591–1674)