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Creation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

You souls of geese, That bear the shapes of men, how have you run From slaves that apes would beat!— Shakespeare — Coriolanus. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 35.

My valor is certainly going!-it is sneaking off!-I feel it oozing out, as it were, at the palms of my hands.— SHERIDAN — The Rivals. Act V. Sc. 3.

Ah, Foole! faint heart faire lady n'ere could win.— SPENSER — Britain's Ida. Canto V. St. I.

The man that lays his hand on woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— TOBIN — The Honeymoon. Act II. Sc. 1.

Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

Wie aus Duft und Glanz gemischt Du mich schufst, dir dank ich's heut. As thou hast created me out of mingled air and glitter, I thank thee for it.— RÜCKERT — Die Sterbende Blume. St. 8.