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. - Erasmus

[...] si consultáis a los historiadores, veréis que no ha habido príncipes más pestíferos para el Estado que cuando el poder cayó en manos de algún filosofastro o aficionado a las letras.

"But I am well aware of the excuse which men, ever ingenious in devising mischief to themselves as well as others, offer in extenuation of their conduct in going to war. They allege, that they are compelled to it; that they are dragged against their will to war. I answer them, deal fairly; pull off the mask; throw away all false colours; consult your own heart, and you will find that anger, ambition, and folly are the compulsory force that has dragged you to war, and not any necessity; unless indeed you call the insatiable cravings of a covetous mind, necessity" ` The Complaint of Peace

...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they were afraid to own them.