I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

Quote by Oliver Cromwell

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Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or...

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or...

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to...

It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to...

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

God made them as stubble to our swords.

God made them as stubble to our swords.

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Necessity has no law.

Necessity has no law.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If...

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If...

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

He who stops being better stops being good.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry.

Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that...

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that...

Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.

Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.

Nature can do more than physicians.

Nature can do more than physicians.