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?

Death comes for us all; even at our birth – even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature, and the will of God.

The law is not a ‘light’ for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.

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

The man who tells lies hides the truth, but the man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it.

If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all... why then perhaps we /must/ stand fast a little --even at the risk of being heroes.

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

Doin' nothing's a dangerous occupation.

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

I wish we could all have good luck, all the time! I wish we had wings! I wish rain water was beer!