Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

The road to Hades is easy to travel.

Old age is the harbor of all ills.

We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned.

It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought.

The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.