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• An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- Reliquiae Wottonianae...
• How happy is he born or taught, That serveth not another's will
  Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!...
• Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- The Disparity between Buckingham and Essex...
• Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend
  And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend....
• EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.
  An English sea-captain being asked if he had read "The Exile of Erin," replied...
• I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- Preface to the Elements of Architecture...
• Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- The Character of a Happy Life...
• Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Apothegms, No, 64...
• Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)