Occupation: Writer Birth: February 4, 1494 Death: April 9, 1553
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit..
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could..
Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you..
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?.
It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out..
According to true military art, one should never push one's enemy to the point of despair, because such a state multiplies his strength and increases….
No noble man ever hated good wine..
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror.
Tell the truth and shame the devil..
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.
Debts and lies are generally mixed together..
All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait..
Ignorance is the mother of all evils..
Science without conscience is the soul's perdition..
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so..
If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes..
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink..
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us..
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth..
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation..
Everything comes in time to those who can wait..