It Is Naturally Given To All Men

The Increasing Influence Of The Bible Is Marvelously Great, Penetrating Everywhere. It Carries With It A Tremendous Power Of Freedom And Justice Guided By A Combined Force Of Wisdom And Goodness.

One Man To Live In Pleasure And Wealth, Whiles All Other Weap And Smart For It, That Is The Part Not Of A King, But Of A Jailor.

What Part Soever You Take Upon You, Play That As Well As You Can And Make The Best Of It.

If We Lived In A State Where Virtue Was Profitable, Common Sense Would Make Us Saintly. But Since We See That Avarice, Anger, Pride And Stupidity Commonly Profit Far Beyond Charity, Modesty, Justice And Thought, Perhaps We Must Stand Fast A Little, Even At The Risk Of Being Heroes.

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.