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Prison: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees proud man's— Shakespeare — Cressida. Act III. Sc. 3.

Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees. fees. L.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act III. Sc. 3.

47. . Sc. 3. L. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 24.

She bears a duke's revenues on her back, our poverty. And in her heart she scorns our poverty.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 83.

Why, who cries out on pride, That can therein tax any private party? as the sea. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act II. Sc. 7. L. 70.

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Liberty! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, is the heartthou art, For there thy habitation is the heart— alone can The heart which love of thee alone can bind are consign'dbind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd— vault's dayless To fetters and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.— BYRON — Sonnet. On Chillon.

Introductory to Prisoner of Chillon. Whene'er with haggard eyes I view in, This dungeon that I'm rotting true I think of those companions U- Who studied with me at the Niversity of Göttingen.— CANNING — Song. Of One Eleven

Years in Prison. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage.— LOVELACE — To Althea, from Prison. IV.

I have been studying how I may compare unto the world: This prison where I live unto the world populous And for because the world is but myself, And here is not a creature but myself, it out I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act V. Sc. 5. L. 1.