What are towers?

Famous quotes containing the word towers:

    “Great towers take time to construct.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Even great towers start at ground level.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “A city on whom plenty held full hand,
    For riches strewed herself even in her streets;
    Whose towers bore heads so high they kissed the clouds,
    And strangers ne’er beheld but wondered at.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)