He would sometimes be very cheerful with us, and laying aside his greatness he would be exceeding familiar with us, and by way of diversion would make verses with us, and everyone must try his fancy. He commonly called for tobacco, pipes, and a candle, and would now and then take tobacco himself; then he would fall again to his serious and great business.

As to your own person the title of King would be of no advantage, because you have the full Kingly power in you already... I apprehend indeed, less envy and da…

In short, every beast hath some evil properties; but Cromwell hath the properties of all evil beasts.

I... had occasion to converse with Mr Cromwell's physician, Dr Simcott, who assured me that for many years his patient was a most splenetick man and had phansi…

Ladies and gentlemen, I came here to avoid as much as possible treading on your corns. I had intended to deal only with the basic issue of economics that dicta…

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

Well, I've worried some about, you know, why write books ... why are we teaching people to write books when presidents and senators do not read them, and gener…