Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!

He who stops being better stops being good.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear.

I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

A man never rises higher than when he does not know whither his path can still lead him.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation.

It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy.

There is no greater cruelty than a genius stumbling over something idiotic.

When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

If oil exploration can threaten a place as beautiful and meaningful as Virunga, where next?

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging.

Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged.

His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.

I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.