Sir Henry Parkes

Famous quotes containing the words sir, henry and/or parkes:

    That sir which serves and seeks for gain,
    And follows but for form,
    Will pack when it begins to rain,
    And leave thee in the storm.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    With our splendid harbour, our beautifully situated city, our vast territories, all our varied and inexhaustible natural wealth, if we don’t convert our colony into a great and prosperous nation, it will be a miracle of error for which we shall have to answer as for a gigantic sin.
    —Henry Parkes (1815–1896)