Richard Crashaw

“Life that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say, Welcome, friend!” — Richard Crashaw

John Heywood

“When all candels be out, all cats be grey”. –John Heywood

Jack Dempsey

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t”. –Jack Dempsey

Pierre Beaumarchais

“Drinking when not thirsty and making love all the time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from other animals”. –Pierre Beaumarchais

Robert Graves

“Nobody is familiar with his own profile, and it comes as a shock when one sees it in a portrait, that one really looks like that to people standing beside one”. –Robert Graves

Satchel Paige

“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines”. –Satchel Paige

Paul Brown

“When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less”. –Paul Brown

Charles Olson

“When will the government cease being a nuisance to everybody?” –Charles Olson

Bette Davis

“When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch”. –Bette Davis

Mikhail Bakunin

“When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called ‘the People’s Stick'”. –Mikhail Bakunin

Augustus Cæsar

“Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young”. –Augustus Cæsar