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

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].

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.

Casting sarcasm ain't easy.. It needs hard work and a big mug of cappuccino!

It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.

I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in yours.

The whole cap came off.. must've been a recap.

I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities.

I love a life whose plot is simple.

Sometimes a day is a symbolic day, and you behave symbolically. Sometimes you search inside for a feeling, and, finding none, you remember that no feeling is frequently the most possible feeling.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

Men control the world, but women control the men.

Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.