Famous quotes containing the words pounds and/or dry:
“When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies,
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 17:1.