I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not a convincing argument, is needed.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

In life, you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

What is possible for me is possible for you.

Once you read, you will be free forever.

Never in the way, and never out of the way.

You had better have one King than five hundred.

The old fool has taken more lives in that naked country than I have taken for the murder of my father.

The tradesmen are the only gentry in England.

My words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

My cousin Frances and I are in perfect accord. He wants Milan and so do I.

Better than a play!

Believe me, James, no one will murder me to make you king.

This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

Brother, I am too old to go again on my travels.