The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches..

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome..

It is almost impossible for the poetess, once laurelled, to take off the crown for good or to reject values and taste of those who tender it..

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the worl….

Our Adonais has drunk poisonoh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life's early cup with such a draught of woe?.

Life is a pilgrimage and if you don't play by the rules you don't find the Road to Damascus, you find the Crown of Thorns..

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory..

Youth wrenches the sceptre from old age, and sets the crown on its own head before it is entitled to it..