Behold theturtle, itonlymakesprogresswhen it sticksits neckout.

-Anonymous
Favourite saying of Harvard's president  James B Conant. Quoted in  James G Hershberg James B Conant (1993).

   I see traces of the turtle soup, and venison, and gold spoon in this.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam
  Mr Bounderby. Hard Times, bk.1, ch.11.

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.

-Nash, (Frederic) Ogden
Hard Lines,'Autres Be"  tes,  Autres Moeurs'.