His friend Erasmus defended More's character as "more pure than any snow" and described his genius as "such as England never had and never again will have."
Erasmus temannya membela karakter More dengan ungkapan "lebih murni daripada setiap butiran salju", dan mendeskripsikan kejeniusannya dengan ungkapan "yang tidak pernah dimiliki Inggris dan tidak akan pernah lagi dimilikinya".