The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can't deceive.

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.