“Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.”

The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.

Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.

But how can finite grasp Infinity?

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.

Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.

Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

Repartee is the soul of conversation.

Beware of the fury of the patient man.

Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

Silence in times of suffering is the best.

If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.

The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can’t take the Irishness out of the man.

I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t retire – I love playing for my country.