Famous quotes containing the words assay and/or master:
“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne,
Th’ assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge,
The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne;
Al this mene I be love.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)
“If you are really Master of your Fate,
It shouldn’t make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)