Famous quotes containing the words mother and/or bear:
“A frog he would a-wooing go,
Heigh ho! says Rowley,
Whether his mother would let him or no.
With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. A frog he would a-wooing go (l. 15)
“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)