James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Walpole
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Oh, were I seated high as my ambition, / I’d place this naked foot on necks of monarchs.
Resistance ought never to be thought of but when an utter subversion of the laws of the realm threatens the whole frame of our constitution, and no redress can otherwise be hoped for. It therefore does, and ought for ever, to stand in the eye and letter of the law as the highest offence.