Famous quotes containing the words sir william and/or sir:
“He exercises of his brains,
That is, assuming that he’s got any.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“When Sir Robert Walpole was dying, he told Ranby his surgeon that he desired his body might be opened. Ranby acting great horror cried, “Good God, my Lord, don’t talk of that!” “Nay,” said Sir Robert, “it will not be till I am dead, and that I shall not feel it—nor you neither.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)