Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.
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.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the winds may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter; but the king of England cannot enter.
Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
This is love that surrounds, only a fool without wisdom can see. Blind as I am in your eyes, my lady of dreams.
Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs.
Faith does not ignore the facts, it ignores the power of the facts.
As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.