When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.

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.

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.

I'm proud of everything I've done.

Not everything that's true needs to be said.

Privacy is like sleep - something you don't appreciate until you have to go without it.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

I joke that I stick with the job because it covers my insurance, but the reality is that my career has always been very important to me.

I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.

Live, let live, and help live

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

If you take away all the prairie dogs, there will be no one to cry for the rain.