By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.

Humility is truth.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.