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

"I trust to God, that I shall not fail him, for fear of losing my life."

"They wonder much to hear that in this island, and in all the countries that are about it, there are so many who love to be idle, and yet live with luxury and splendor."

"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."

"They have no schools among them, but such as are public and free."