"Sidney Godophin, " said Charles (II), "is never in the way and never out of the way. "

A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless. I want to devote my limited life to serving the people limitlessly.

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred blessings on me.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. Whe ...