The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
Thomas MoreBy reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
Thomas MorePride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a goddess unless there were some wretches left whom she could order about and lord it over, whose misery would make her happiness seem all the more extraordinary, whose poverty can be tormented and exacerbated by a display of her wealth. This infernal serpent, pervading the human heart, keeps men from reforming their lives, holding them back like a suckfish.
Thomas More