Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.

By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.

Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.

The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.

They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.