They Set Great Store By Their Gardens

In The First Place, Most Princes Apply Themselves To The Arts Of War, In Which I Have Neither Ability Nor Interest, Instead Of To The Good Arts Of Peace. They Are Generally More Set On Acquiring New Kingdoms By Hook Or By Crook Than On Governing Well Those That They Already Have.

Because The Soul Has Such Deep Roots In Personal And Social Life And Its Values Run So Contrary To Modern Concerns, Caring For The Soul May Well Turn Out To Be A Radical Act, A Challenge To Accepted Norms.

I Die The King's Faithful Servant, But God's First.

For When They See The People Swarm Into The Streets, And Daily Wet To The Skin With Rain, And Yet Cannot Persuade Them To Go Out Of The Rain, They Do Keep Themselves Within Their Houses, Seeing They Cannot Remedy The Folly Of The People.

Pride Thinks It's Own Happiness Shines The Brighter By Comparing It With The Misfortunes Of Others.