The Most Part Of All Princes Have

The Chief Aim Of Their Constitution Is That, Whenever Public Needs Permit, All Citizens Should Be Free, So Far As Possible, To Withdraw Their Time And Energy From The Service Of The Body, And Devote Themselves To The Freedom And Culture Of The Mind. For That, They Think, Is The Real Happiness Of Life.

I Should Only Ever Tell The King What He Ought To Do, Not What He Could Do. For If The Lion Knows His Own Strength, No Man Could Control Him.

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.

By Confronting Us With Irreducible Mysteries That Stretch Our Daily Vision To Include Infinity, Nature Opens An Inviting And Guiding Path Toward A Spiritual Life.

It Is Part Of The Business Of Life To Be Affable And Pleasing To Those Whom Either Nature, Chance Or Circumstance Has Made Our Companions.