5th High Steward of Scotland

Famous quotes containing the words high, steward and/or scotland:

    “Processions that lack high stilts have nothing that catches the eye.
    What if my great-granddad had a pair that were twenty foot high,
    And mine were but fifteen foot, no modern stalks upon higher,
    Some rogue of the world stole them to patch up a fence or a fire.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.”
    —Bible: New Testament Luke, 16:3.

    The unjust steward in the Parable of the Unjust Steward.

    “The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God’s Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.”
    —James I of England, James VI of Scotland (1566–1625)