His locked, lettered, braw brass collar

Showed him the gentleman and scholar.

Robert Burns (1759-1796): The Twa Dogs.

This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet.

David Garrick (1716-1779): Jupiter and Mercury.

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;

Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,

But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.