One Man To Live In Pleasure And

A Drowning Man Will Clutch At A Straw.

Nor Can They Understand Why A Totally Useless Substance Like Gold Should Now, All Over The World, Be Considered Far More Important Than Human Beings, Who Gave It Such Value As It Has, Purely For Their Own Convenience.

And Peradventure We Have More Cause To Thank Him For Our Loss Than For Our Winning; For His Wisdom Better Seeth What Is Good For Us Than We Do Ourselves.

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.

Everywhere Do I Percieve A Certain Conspiracy Of Rich Men Seeking Their Own Advantage Underthat Name And Pretext Of Commonwealth.