Ward

Famous quotes containing the word ward:

“England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

“One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else.”
—Humphrey, Mrs. Ward (1851–1920)

“Books treating of etiquette ... are often written by dancing-masters and Turveydrops and others knowing little of the customs of the best society of any land.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)