Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.

Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.

[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.