God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway; And as their subjects ought them to obey, So kings should feare and serve their God againe.

The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.

When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.

To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning.

If I were not a king, I would be a university man; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would desire to have no other prison than that library [the Bodleian].

Were I not a king, I would be a university man.

On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.

It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.

It’s simple my heart is made from love and love will always beat hate any day and anywhere! No amount of evil can ever conquer me.

The world will be saved by one or two people.

I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.

Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.

I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.

I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by people, like Sarah Palin, who aren't really public servants.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.