Young Lion

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or lion:

    “You are old, Father William,” the young man cried,
    “And life must be hastening away;
    You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death:
    Now tell me the reason, I pray.”

    “I am cheerful, young man,” Father William replied;
    “Let the cause thy attention engage;
    In the days of my youth I remembered my God,
    And He hath not forgotten my age.”
    Robert Southey (1774–1843)

    Beware instinct—the lion will not touch the true prince.
    Instinct is a great matter.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)