Sir John Franklin

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

    “Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)

    “Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)