“ Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning Isaac Asimov
“ Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to the contemplation of her own substance, as if awak… Baldassarre Castiglione
“ There be also many wicked men that have the comeliness of a beautiful countenance, and it seemeth that nature hath so shaped them because they may be the readier to deceive, and that this amiable look… Thomas Hoby
