The wisest fool in Christendom.

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man.

God has power to create, or destroy, make, or unmake at his pleasure, to give life, or send death, to judge all, and to be judged nor accountable to none: to raise low things, and to make high things low at his pleasure, and to God are both soul and body due. And the like power have Kings; they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life, and of death: judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.

Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.

When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.

On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.