The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.
The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.
People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.