No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.
The sun of a prince's good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people.
Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.
To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.
He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.
Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.
Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.