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Marie Antoinette: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. LVII.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. S.— FULLER — Holy and Profane States. Of

Tombs. Maxim VI. Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them. J. C. AND A. W. HARE-Guesses at Truth. Forgotten? No, we never do forget: We let the years go; wash them clean with tears, Leave them to bleach out in the open day, Or lock them careful by, like dead friends' clothes, Till we shall dare unfold them without pain, - But we forget not, never can forget.— D. M. MULOCK — A Flower of a Day.