Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or johnson:
“I love my fellow creaturesI do all the good I can
Yet everybody says Im such a disagreeable man!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“They warsled up, they warsled down,
Till Sir John fell to the ground,
And there was a knife in Sir Willies pouch,
Gied him a deadlie wound.”
—Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 58)
“Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)