“Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.” StillsKnownKingsObedienceHighways Author:Francis Quarles
“Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience and reverence, it is not without sincere sorrow that I have beheld many of the sons of these men driven from their fathers' mansions, or holding them as little better than tenants or stewards, while the swarms of Placemen, Pensioners, Contractors, and Nabobs... have usurped a large part of the soil.” MenLittlesStillsFatherSonSorrowDrivenSpotsObedienceExcellentSoilSincereReverenceGrandfatherCheerfulMy GrandfatherRecollectionMansionsStewardsSwarmsContractorTenants Author:William Cobbett