Were I Not A King, I Would

I Will Govern According To The Common Weal, But Not According To The Common Will.

The Wisest Fool In Christendom.

Herein Is Not Only A Great Vanity, But A Great Contempt Of God's Good Gifts, That The Sweetness Of Man's Breath, Being A Good Gift Of God, Should Be Willfully Corrupted By This Stinking Smoke.

If I Were Not A King, I Would Be A University Man; And If It Were So That I Must Be A Prisoner, If I Might Have My Wish, I Would Desire To Have No Other Prison Than That Library [the Bodleian].

To Make Women Learned And Foxes Tame Has The Same Effect - To Make Them More Cunning.