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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

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A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

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Wisdom is the winner over good luck

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind