Famous quotes containing the words maid and/or park:
“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)
“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)