Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing."

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

You think her innocent/ Your little lost girl/ Caped in Inquisition red/ Yet when she leads you hunting Hyde/ Mind don't slay Jekyll in his stead

[Heisenberg's seminal 1925 paper initiating quantum mechanics marked] one of the great jumps—perhaps the greatest—in the development of twentieth century physics.

Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.

Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this again.

Don't borrow trouble. The interest is too high.

Nothing touches a work of art so little as criticism.

The wedding is where two people become one. The marriage is where they decide which one.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.