Desiderius Erasmus

"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of men the country produces."

"If you would live innocently, rest not; the wicked are always active in their mischief."

"A cheerful countenance is a sign of a honest and open mind."

"Money is the measure of all things."

"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"Silence is sometimes an art."

"The love of the multitude is not secure."

"To know one's self is the true beginning of wisdom."

"Nature has left every man a spark of fire - it is the business of the wise to tend and cherish it."

"A great war with evil is not won by weapons alone."

"The mind of the wise man is his kingdom."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"He who travels constantly changes his abode; he who is always learning changes his knowledge."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."

"Man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done."

"The end of philosophy is not knowledge, but virtue."

"If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be faithful to anything."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"When all are bound by chains, none feel the weight of them."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business."

"I desire to be of no church."

"The human mind, no matter how it strains, cannot conceive of a four-dimensional object."

"Fortune is the rod of the weak and the staff of the brave."

"A sweet sorrow is a sorrow with joy mixed in it."

"Give light, and people will find the way."

"The first step to improvement is to recognize the need for it."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."