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

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.

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 is one of God's blessings that we cannot foreknow the hour of our death; for a time fixed, even beyond the possibility of living, would trouble us more than doth this uncertainty.

Don't be indifferent about any random idea that occurs to you, because each and every idea is for a particular purpose. it may not be beneficial to you, but can be what others are craving for

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!

We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed

The things that hurt us teach us.

A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

Our souls are prisoners of the terror of death, and the day is beautiful.

A coerced "choice" does not reflect virtue, only compliance.