"The devil, in his malice, has put into the world a great number of books that are called chivalric romances, which, though they are full of lies and follies, are read with great pleasure by many peopl…"

"Patience, and shuffle the cards."

"The greatest madness a man can commit is to let himself die without being killed by anyone, or without ending his days by some other means than melancholy."

"A dog's obeyed in office."

"Where there is much desire to learn, there of course will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making."