If I remain in office, I shall, I fear, lose my political character.

If I go out, and engage in opposition, I shall break most of the private ties which I have formed during the last three years.

In England I see nothing before me, for some time to come, but poverty, unpopularity, and the breaking up of old connections.
If there were no way out of these difficulties, I would encounter them with courage.

A man can always act honourably and uprightly; and, if I were in the Fleet Prison or the rules of the King's Bench, I believe that I could find in my own mind resources which would preserve me from being positively unhappy.

But, if I could escape from these impending disasters, I should wish to do so.