Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own because they resemble the Ancients, may as well say our faces are not our own, because they are like our Fathers: And indeed it is very unreasonable, that people should expect us to be Scholars, and yet be angry to find us so.