An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
Friendship demands attention.
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.