"Imperial expansion is preferable to civil war, and that Britain is faced with something of a binary choice."

"He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune."

"Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws."

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"The works of God are great and wonderful, but the works of man are often small and contemptible."