Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?

When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks toward us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books.

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.