Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage?

Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent on his personal convenience, a dedicated voluptuary, a hater of learning, freedom and truth, without a thought for the interests of his country, and measuring everything in terms of his own profit and desires.

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.

Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Time takes away the grief of men.