Famous quotes containing the word ladies:
“That the townspeople might better see him, the President was persuaded to leave his carriage by the inducement that the ladies wished to get a look at him. By Gad, he repied, Id like to see your ladies, and alighted.”
—For the State of New Hampshire, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“London, thou art of townes A per se.
Soveraign of cities, semeliest in sight,
Of high renoun, riches, and royaltie;
Of lordis, barons, and many goodly knyght;
Of most delectable lusty ladies bright;
Of famous prelatis in habitis clericall;
Of merchauntis full of substaunce and myght:
London, thou art the flour of Cities all”
—William Dunbar (c. 1465c. 1530)
“The happiness of the body consists in the possession of health; that of the mind, in being sensible of that blessing.”
—Anonymous, U.S. womens magazine contributor. Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany, p. 189 (March 1803)