He was, as has been well said, an Elizabethan born out of time; in the days of Drake his very faults might have counted to his credit.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

The man riveted my attention. He was dark and forceful, and masterful, and ruthless. I have never seen so iron a countenance.

Conquer thyself, till thou hast done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.