Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

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.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.

Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.