Erasmus

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

Erasmus

Your library is your paradise.

Erasmus

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.

Erasmus

Eagles don’t catch flies.

Erasmus

Fools are without number.

Erasmus

For if by chance some woman wishes to be thought of as wise, she does nothing but show herself twice a fool.

Erasmus

Frugality is a handsome income.

Erasmus

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

Erasmus

He who doesn’t sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

Erasmus

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Erasmus