Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.
“I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.”
“All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs.”