Erasmus

Nature has sown into the hearts of all men the seeds of self-love.

The sum of all wisdom is to be cheerful.

There are many who are more afraid of poverty than of hell.

By a man's words, you shall know him.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

It is not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance.

A fish out of water is not more helpless than a man without an education.

Everyone is taught to fear death, but no one to escape it.

The world is full of books, and the greater part of them are worthless.

He who has a good wife, has a good life.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

It is a proof of wisdom not to do what others do, but what is right.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

Almost everything that is great has been done by solitary men.

The foolish mind, that is forever running after pleasures, is never satisfied.

What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?

The truth is the best physic.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

The less we desire, the more we have.