The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
~ Erasmus
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.
Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.
We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.
Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.
The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
