William Shakespeare on God
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“God shall be my hope, My stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.”
“And to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God.”
“God is our fortress, in whose conquering name Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.”
Cardinal Wolsey's lament, a reflection on misplaced loyalty, gained renewed relevance when Senator Ervin invoked it during the Watergate hearings to address Herbert Porter.
“Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.”