And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.

Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.

Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.