What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.

Prevention is better than cure.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.