Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.

Oh, doughty sons of Hungary! May all success Attend and bless Your warlike ironmongery!

Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.

It is, it is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.

If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.

Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.