We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
The schoolmaster is termed, classically, Ludi Magister, because he deprives boys of their play.