Where Minds Differ And Opinions

It Is Good To Jest, But Not To Make A Trade Of Jesting.

I Am No Lover Of Pompous Title, But Only Desire That My Name May Be Recorded In A Line Or Two, Which Shall Briefly Express My Name, My Virginity, The Years Of My Reign, The Reformation Of Religion Under It, And My Preservation Of Peace.

I Regret The Unhappiness Of Princes Who Are Slaves To Forms And Fettered By Caution.

I Pluck Up The Good Lissome Herbs Of Sentences By Pruning, Eat Them By Reading, Digest Them By Musing, And Lay Them Up At Length In The High Seat Of Memory.

A Meal Of Bread, Cheese And Beer Constitutes The Perfect Food.