The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.