Robert Bolt

“It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!”

“Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.”

“When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”

“The law is not a 'light' for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.”

“Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.”

“Alice More: As for understanding, I understand that you are the best man that I ever met, or am likely to; And, if you go...Well, God knows why I suppose. Though as God's my witness God's kept deadly quiet about it!”

“Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.”