Desiderius Erasmus

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

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

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Prevention is better than cure.

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

It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age.

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

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.