Wilcox

Famous quotes containing the word wilcox:

    “Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
    Weep, and you weep alone,
    For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
    But has trouble enough of its own.”
    —Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)

    “He may not shine with courtly graces,
    But yet, his kind, respectful air
    To woman, whatsoe’er her place is,
    It might be well if kings could share.
    So, for the chivalric true gentleman,
    Give me, I say, our own American.”
    —Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855–1919)

    “It’s the set of the sails and not the gales,
    That bids them where to go.”
    —Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)