The ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.