Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.

By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.

Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.

The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

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.