A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.