Whoever is king, is also the father of his country. Congreve.

Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Bacon.

Whoever may / Discern true ends will grow 25 pure enough / To love them, brave enough to strive for them, / And strong enough to reach them, though the road be rough. E. B. Browning.

Whoever perseveres will be crowned. Herder.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors. Voltaire.

Whoever sinks his vessel by overloading it, though it be with gold, and silver, and precious stones, will give his owner but an ill account of his voyage. Locke.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, / Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.

Whoever will thrust Magdalen into the pit 30 will find that he has dropped with her into the flames the key that should have opened heaven for him, and assuredly shall he remain outside until she, her purification completed, shall take pity on him and bring it thence. Celia Burleigh.

Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. Johnson.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide from us that he possesses one. Goethe.