The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.

A gallant man is above ill words.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.