“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing lately…. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!Oliver Cromwell
“Thus Belial with words cloth’d in reason’s garb Counsel’d ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, Not peace. John Milton
“The worst and best are both inclined To snap like vixens at the truth; But, O, beware the middle mind That purrs and never shows a tooth! Elinor Wylie
“Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose promise none relies on; He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. John Wilmot (Earl of Rochester)