Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    “Every new sovereign brings his own ministers.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
    That sucked the honey of his music vows,
    Now see that noble and most sovereign reason
    Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)