An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous

In part to blame is she, Which hath without consent bin only tride: He comes to neere that comes to be denide.

He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.

The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors, is like a potato-the only good belonging to him is underground.

Je te le declare, en mon ame et conscience, la conquete du pouvoir ou d'une grande renommee litteraire me paraissait un triomphe moins difficile a obtenir qu'u…

The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.