Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.

They make a desert and call it peace.

People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.

Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.

The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.