Desiderius Erasmus

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.

Fools are without number.

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

To know nothing is the happiest life.