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• Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.
  -- Charles Wolfe (1791-1823) -- The Burial of Sir John Moore...
• Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory
  We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory....
• ...his disciples lead him in; he just does the rest. -- Tommy
• The somewhat old and crusty vicar was taking a well-earned retirement from his rather old and crusty parish.
  As is usual in these cases, a locum was sent to cover the transition period....
• A Tale of Two Cities LITE(tm) -- by Charles Dickens A man in love with a girl who loves another man who looks just like him has his head chopped off in France because of a mean lady who knits.
  Crime and Punishment LITE(tm) -- by Fyodor Dostoevski A man sends a nasty letter to a pawnbroker, but later feels guilty and apologizes....
• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
• He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Lycidas, Line 188...
• Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV