Thomas More

They have no clocks among them, but measure their time by the course of the sun.

They have no glass among them, but use horn instead.

They have no iron among them, but use brass and other metals.

They have no ships among them, but only small boats.

They have no trade with other nations, but live entirely within themselves.

They have no knowledge of the stars, but only of the sun and moon.

The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked.

I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.

If the bishops would do their duty, the king would never have fallen into this error.

You must not abandon the ship in a storm because you cannot control the winds.

I have no window to look into another man's conscience.

It is a heinous thing to see a man pulled by the nose as they lead a brute beast.

The things that we pray for, good Lord, give us the grace to labor for.

A man may be pure and strict in his own life, but if he does not in his own house look diligently to the behavior of his wife and children, his whole labor outside is in vain.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

And the King's pleasure it was, that I should not be a busy meddler in his matters, but that I should serve him, and not him only, but also myself, according to my conscience.

For I assure you, I never did set the King's Highness's pleasure above my conscience.

He that takes the oath, if he may do it with a safe conscience, I will not advise him to refuse it.

For in good faith, I never had mind to meddle in any such matters, but to serve God and the King.

I am not bound, my lord, to tell you what I think.