Tom Pinch

Famous quotes containing the words tom and/or pinch:

    “The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
    And proves by thumps upon your back
    How he esteems your merit,
    Is such a friend, that one had need
    Be very much his friend indeed
    To pardon or to bear it.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)

    “There cannot be a pinch in death
    More sharp than this is.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)