Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or johnson:
“I love my fellow creatures—I do all the good I can—
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“They warsled up, they warsled down,
Till Sir John fell to the ground,
And there was a knife in Sir Willie’s pouch,
Gied him a deadlie wound.”
—Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 5–8)
“Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)