Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.

Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.