Saint John County

Famous quotes containing the words saint, john and/or county:

    “Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
    Begin these woodbirds but to couple now?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “When John Henry was a little fellow,
    You could hold him in the palm of your hand,
    He said to his pa, “When I grow up
    I’m gonna be a steel-driving man.
    Gonna be a steel-driving man.””
    —Unknown. John Henry (l. 1–5)

    “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)