If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing."

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

I think I've had very knee-jerk emotional reactions to things, and sometimes I've said things without thinking. Being overly emotional clouded my judgment.

I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much [for women writers working] in film.

Nobody is worth crying for, and those that are worth it will not make you cry.

Domesticity and all that isn't really for me.

All human actions are an attempt to meet needs.

Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing.

It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?

That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell!

If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.