William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell Quotes:

On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.

Topics: Children, Sleep, Long, Long Sleep

What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

Topics: Men, Law, Knowing, Empresses

A dinner lubricates business.

source: - "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell, Vol. viii, p. 67, 1791.

Topics: Life, Dinner