Concealed talent brings no reputation.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly.

I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

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

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.