Baron

Famous quotes containing the word baron:

    “My lusts they do me leave,
    My fancies all be fled,
    And tract of time begins to weave
    Grey hairs upon my head.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “The wrinkles in my brow,
    The furrows in my face,
    Say, limping age will lodge him now
    Where youth must give him place.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.”
    —John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902)