Кардинал То́мас Уо́лси — канцлер Английского королевства в 1515—1529 годах; архиепископ Йоркский с 1514 года; кардинал с 1515 года. До 1529 года считался самым могущественным человеком в Англии после короля Генриха VIII, держал в своих руках всю внешнюю и значительную часть внутренней политики. Wikipedia
“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.”
Attributed to Cardinal Wolsey by columnist George Will, a line that he says was "uttered about Henry VIII", as quoted in William A. Henry In Defense of Elitism (Anchor Books, 1995), p. 45.
Disputed
“Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred,
How high his Highness holds his haughty head!”
Attributed to Cardinal Wolsey in English Etymology; Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language (1783) by George William Lemon, "Alliteration".
Disputed
“I am come to leave my bones among you.”
To the Abbot of Leicester, knowing that he was dying. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWolsey(Cardinal).htm
To the messenger summoning him to see Henry VIII. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWolsey(Cardinal).htm.