Thomas More

If I were a woman, I would marry a lawyer, for then I should be sure to have him always with me.

What, Master Rich, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... But for Wales?

I am not of so little wit, as to set my soul in peril.

No man can live but by bread, and I will not take bread from the mouth of my wife and children.

I pray God, that I may be found a true Christian, and a faithful subject, and that I may die in the Catholic faith.

I fear me, I shall never be able to answer the King's Grace in these matters, but with peril of my life.

I have not hitherto behaved myself like a man that was ashamed of the faith of Christ, nor I trust I never shall.

I have not changed my mind, but I have changed my clothes.

The King's highness is a gracious prince, and I trust to God that he will show himself merciful unto me.

I am not afraid of the King's displeasure, if I may keep my conscience clear.

And albeit, Master Rich, that I have in my time, as I think, as great a mind as any man, to please the King, yet I never thought, nor never will think, but that my soul is more to me than my body.

I will not meddle with the King's marriage.

I reckoned that I had not so much as a groat in the world.

I am afraid of nothing but sin.

If I could win the whole world and lose my soul, I would not do it.

I am not, nor ever have been, a man of ceremonies.

And if I had done otherwise than I did, I should have lost my soul.

I will not dispute with you, but I will pray for you.

I am the King's true subject, and daily pray for him and all his, and for the preservation of this realm.

God give me grace, to bear my tribulation with patience.