Were I Not A King, I Would

If You Aim At A Scottish Presbytery, It Agreeth As Well With Monarchy, As God And The Devil. ... No Bishop, No King! I Will Make Them Conform Themselves, Or Else I Will Harry Them Out Of The Land, Or Else Do Worse.

The Wisest Fool In Christendom.

God Gives Not Kings The Stile Of Gods In Vaine, For On His Throne His Sceptre Do They Sway; And As Their Subjects Ought Them To Obey, So Kings Should Feare And Serve Their God Againe.

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].

When A Man Makes Up His Mind To Thrash Another, He Must Also Make Up His Mind To Be A Little Thrashed Himself.