“England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.”
“Of course she's read it. Half of England has read it, which is why it's vulgar to quote it.' 'Half the world has read the Bible and we quote it.”
“Of France and England, did this king succeed;Whose state so many had the managing.That they lost France and made his England bleed.”
“To do something for someone or something you loved- England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history- wasn't a sacrifice at all. Even if it cost you your freedom, your life, your youth.”
“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.”
“I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.”