Erasmus

The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.

There is no royal road to learning.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

He who flees from the cross, flees from Christ.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

It is a most miserable thing to be a slave to one's own desires.

The best teacher is experience.

What is life but a play of fools?

A dung beetle is a more welcome guest than a backbiter.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.

There are some people who, if they don't get a little drunk, say nothing at all worth hearing.

The greatest part of the world is mad.

What is the difference between a man and a beast? The beast acts according to instinct, man according to reason. But how many men act according to instinct?

The human mind is so constructed that it is prone to deception.

Folly is the only thing that keeps men from despair.

There are many things that are better left unknown.

The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness.

The man who is wise is not he who has much knowledge, but he who has the right knowledge.