The Devil Is An Ass

Affliction Teacheth A Wicked Person Sometime To Pray; Prosperity Never.

I Would Rather Have A Plain Down-right Wisdom Than A Foolish And Affected Eloquence.

It Is The Highest Of Earthly Honors To Be Descended From The Great And Good. They Alone Cry Out Against A Noble Ancestry Who Have None Of Their Own.

Force Works On Servile Natures, Not The Free.

Princes That Would Their People Should Do Well Must At Themselves Begin, As At The Head; For Men, By Their Example, Pattern Out Their Limitations, And Regard Of Laws: A Virtuous Court A World To Virtue Draws.