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.

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.

I am happy not because I am without pain, but because I know I am not that pain.

I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.

Relationships we complain about nevertheless keep us connected to life.

The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge.

There are certain things in life that have limits, but you don't unless you impose limits on yourself.

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.

most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.

Sometimes, love was not enough.

I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to have love you, do love you.