The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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

Fortune favours the audacious.

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?

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.