Trousers/law

Famous quotes containing the words trousers and/or law:

    “I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
    I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

    Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
    I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
    I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

    I do not think that they will sing to me.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “The first law of story-telling.... Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.”
    —Humphrey, Mrs. Ward (1851–1920)