Thomas More (1478-1535) quotes

• A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.
• An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
• Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
• For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whose doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
• I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
• If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
• The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.