Would I were in an alehouse in London. I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Henry V

England? England is in London right?

Eminem (b.1972)

A flat black bug, that is London.

Paul Verlaine (1844-1898)

Don’t send a poet to London.

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)

CABBIE (n.) (colloq). Erudite Fellow much given to express anti-Whig opinion who upon exchange of monies will, by Hansom carriage, convey a Person within London’s northern environs.

David Styles (b.1947), Dr. Johnson’s Magnum Opus