A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir; a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate.

Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.