Nail

Famous quotes containing the word nail:

“They will nail you up twixt thieves
And gamble for your little garments.

And in this you will exceed God
For on this earth
You shall know Hell—”
—Frank Horne (b. 1899)

“The poet will prevail to be popular in spite of his faults, and in spite of his beauties too. He will hit the nail on the head, and we shall not know the shape of his hammer. He makes us free of his hearth and heart, which is greater than to offer one the freedom of a city.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)