Sovereign Bonds

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or bonds:

“O Sovereign of the willing soul,
Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs,
Enchanting shell!”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else, a wife submits to stricter obligations. For the former, her father’s house is a home of freedom and pleasure; for the latter, her husband’s is almost a cloister.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)