Sir John Franklin

Famous quotes containing the words sir, john and/or franklin:

“I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman.... I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.”
—Francis, Sir Drake (1540–1596)

“Approval of what is approved of
Is as false as a well-kept vow.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

“Here Skugg
Lies snug
As a bug
In a rug”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)