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Expectation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

"Yet doth he live!" exclaims th' impatient heir, And sighs for sables which he must not wear. C.— BYRON — Lara. Canto I. St. 3.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.— BENJ. DISRAELI — Tancred. Bk. IV. Ch. VIII. 1847.

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.— FULLER — Holy and Profane State. Of

Marriage. Since yesterday I have been in Alcalá. Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa, When that dull distance shall no more divide us; And I no more shall scale thy wall by night To steal a kiss from thee, as I do now.— LONGFELLOW — The Spanish Student. Act I. Sc. 3.

What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.— LONGFELLOW — Masque of Pandora. In the Garden. Pt. VIII.

To-day what is there in the air That makes December seem sweet May? There are no swallows anywhere, Nor crocuses to crown your hair And hail you down my garden way. Last night the full moon's frozen stare Struck me, perhaps; or did you say Really-you'd come, sweet Friend and fair! To-Day?— THEOPHILE MARZIALS — Rondel.

Expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet That it enchants my sense.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 19.

He hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.— Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 15.