A Good Prince Will Tax As Lightly

It's The Generally Accepted Privilege Of Theologians To Stretch The Heavens, That Is The Scriptures, Like Tanners With A Hide.

This Type Of Man Who Is Devoted To The Study Of Wisdom Is Always Most Unlucky In Everything, And Particularly When It Comes To Procreating Children; I Imagine This Is Because Nature Wants To Ensure That The Evils Of Wisdom Shall Not Spread Further Throughout Mankind.

Whether A Party Can Have Much Success Without A Woman Present I Must Ask Others To Decide, But One Thing Is Certain, No Party Is Any Fun Unless Seasoned With Folly.

The Jewish Usurers Are Fast-rooted Even In The Smallest Villages, And If They Lend Five Gulden They Require A Security Of Six Times As Much. They Charge Interest, Upon Interest, And Upon This Again Interest, So That The Poor Man Loses Everything That He Owns.

Nothing Is As Peevish And Pedantic As Men's Judgments Of One Another.