On Tobacco: A Branch Of The Sin

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].

I Acknowledge The Roman Church To Be Our Mother Church, Although Defiled With Some Infirmities And Corruptions...let [the Papists] Assure Themselves, That, As I Am A Friend Of Their Persons, If They Be Good Subjects, So Am I A Vowed Enemy, And Do Denounce Mortal War To Their Errors.

That Which We Call Wit Consists Much In Quickness And Tricks, And Is So Full Of Lightness That It Seldom Goes With Judgment And Solidity; But When They Do Meet, It Is Commonly In An Honest Man.

On Tobacco: A Branch Of The Sin Of Drunkenness, Which Is The Root Of All Sins.

Dr Donne's Verses Are Like The Peace Of God; They Pass All Understanding.