The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.
William GodwinBy right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power of either doing a thing or omitting it, without the person's becoming liable to animadversion or censure from another, that is, in other words, without his incurring any degree of turpitude or guilt. Now in this sense I affirm that man has no rights, no discretionary power whatever.
William GodwinOf Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.
William GodwinThe philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
William Godwin