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• But in vayne shee did conjure him To depart her presence soe
  Having a thousand tongues to allure him, And but one to bid him goe....
• Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote. -- John Heywood (c.
  1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi...
• Caroline! I never knew you knew her! Oh yes! I even touched her once.
  ...Touched her what? Her...once. In a corridor. I've never heard it called _that_ before....
• Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.
  -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi...
• Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe. -- John Heywood (c.
  1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. xi...
• While betweene two stooles my taile goe to the ground.
  -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iii...
• When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I 'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
  -- Isaac Watts (1674-1748) -- Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book ii, Hymn 65...
• And when with envy Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You 'll in your girls again be courted, And I 'll go wooing in my boys.
  -- Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- Winifreda (1720)...
• Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible - yea, and get the better of them.
  -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesa...