No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

All political power is a trust.

Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond of secrecy.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

[Napoleon has now] surpassed...Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].

I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.

May your birthday be as pleasant and awesome as you always are.

Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.

Beauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.

I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

If your country needs you, you should be right there, that is the way I felt when I was young, and that's the way I feel today.

My stuff is my stuff. Sometimes it's not as successful as some of the other stuff. But it's my stuff.

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

I'm always having to check myself and make sure I'm not over singing in some ensemble thing that will render me unavailable for participation in the stuff where it really counts.

I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long.