Lays Quote by John Calvin

“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

— Jean de La Fontaine

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

— Francis Bacon

We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.

— PZ Myers

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

— Woodrow Wilson

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them with impunity

— François De La Rochefoucauld

“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour, will have…

— Edward Gibbon

Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their…

— Ben Jonson

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.

— Edmond de Goncourt

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

— Laozi

“Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

— Arthur Linda