For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.
Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours.