Famous quotes containing the words successor and/or state:
“The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“In his sleeves, which were long,
He had twenty-four packs,—
Which was coming it strong,
Yet I state but the facts;
And we found on his nails, which were taper,
What is frequent in tapers,—that’s wax.”
—Bret Harte (1836–1902)