Sir Francis Drake

Famous quotes containing the words sir francis, francis and/or drake:

“Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
—Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)

“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Believe me, if a man doesn’t know death, he doesn’t know life.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)