There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

Most men I do not meet at all, for they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans.

Why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse?

If thousands are thrown out of employment, it suggests that they were not well employed. Why don't they take the hint? It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side.

Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.