| Although it is possible to read his poems without needing specialized jargon or poetics, his writing is full of erudition and learning. |
| The poems show his erudition to be wide, his historical knowledge sometimes esoteric. |
| Written with erudition and firm, if sometimes quirky, opinion, the book is interlarded with humor and acerbic comment. |
| Some 1,800 of his sayings are collected here, most of them expressive of his wit and erudition. |
| He possessed great erudition and piety, was of a most mild and tranquil disposition, and of a calm and benignant temper. |
| To common people, impressed by his learning, erudition and experience, all this looks puzzling. |
