Famous quotes containing the words sir, herbert and/or read:
“Here lies the body of Sir John Guise.
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries;
Where his soul is and how it fares
Nobody knows and nobody cares.”
—Anonymous. From Frobisher’s New Select Collection of Epitaphs (c. 1791)
“my soul lay out of sight,
Untuned, unstrung;”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)