In Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, none in necessity; and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich; for what can make a man so rich as to lead a serene and cheerful life, free from anxieties.

Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.