On the suggestion of a peerage, in the last year of his life:
I will not close my politics in that foolish way.Charles James Fox
On the fall of the Bastille:
How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!Charles James Fox
Advice on how to quote in an appropriate manner:
No Greek; as much Latin as you like: never French in any circumstance: no English poet unless he has completed his century.Charles James Fox