Merry Gentlemen

Famous quotes containing the words merry and/or gentlemen:

“Hermione. Pray you sit by us,
And tell’s a tale.
Mamillius. Merry or sad shall’t be?
Hermione. As merry as you will.
Mamillius. A sad tale’s best for winter. I have one
Of sprites and goblins.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say ... “Sweet Friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear.””
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)