Pretty Guardian Sailor

Famous quotes containing the words pretty, guardian and/or sailor:

    “If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Ah, yet, ere I descend to the grave,
    May I a small house and large garden have;
    And a few friends, and many books, both true,
    Both wise, and both delightful too!
    And since love ne’er will from me flee,
    A mistress moderately fair,
    And good as guardian angels are,
    Only beloved and loving me.”
    —Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)

    “The soger frae the wars returns,
    The sailor frae the main,
    But I hae parted frae my Love,
    Never to meet again, my dear,
    Never to meet again.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)