He looked at all things so, noble fellow, even thirty years after, when old, worn out, and ruined; well for him had it been otherwise, and his heart had grown old with his head! Amyas, who knows nothing about Desmond's lands, is puzzled at the change.
"Why, what is this, Raleigh?
You are like children sitting in the market-place, and nothing pleases you.

You wanted to get to Court, and you have got there; and are lord and master, I hear, or something very like it, already--and as soon as fortune stuffs your mouth full of sweet-meats, do you turn informer on her ?" Raleigh laughed insignificantly, but was silent.
"And how is your friend Mr.Secretary Spenser, who was with us at Smerwick ?" "Spenser?
He has thriven even as I have; and he has found, as I have, that in making one friend at Court you make ten foes; but 'Oderint dum metuant' is no more my motto than his, Leigh.

I want to be great--great I am already, they say, if princes' favor can swell the frog into an ox; but I want to be liked, loved--I want to see people smile when I enter." "So they do, I'll warrant," said Amyas.
"So do hyenas," said Raleigh; "grin because they are hungry, and I may throw them a bone; I'll throw you one now, old lad, or rather a good sirloin of beef, for the sake of your smile.

That's honest, at least, I'll warrant, whosoever's else is not.

Have you heard of my brother Humphrey's new project ?" "How should I hear anything in this waste howling wilderness ?" "Kiss hands to the wilderness, then, and come with me to Newfoundland!" "You to Newfoundland ?" "Yes.