"Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth."

"The natural way of doing this is to start from the things which are more knowable and obvious to us and pro…"

"A motte and bailey castle consists of a man-made hill supporting a tower and a walled yard . Early castle b…"

"It is the nature of conquest to turn everything upside down."

"Mary! Staremo a vedere", disse il cieco Hugh."

"I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensif…"

"Whether or not the soul is immortal is a fact in nature and cannot be changed by any book whatever. If I am…"