Priests are said in Scripture to devour the sins of the people; and they find sins so hard to digest that they must have the best wine to wash them d… - Erasmus

so sweet a thing it is not to be wise, that on the contrary men rather pray against anything than folly.

There are others who are rich only in wishes; they build beautiful air-castles and conceive that doing so is enough for happiness.

cual si la Naturaleza — respondería yo — hubiera tenido al crear al hombre una ley distinta de la que tuvo al crear a los demás seres, y como si ella que con tanta exquisita solicitud cuidó de los mosquitos, de las hierbas y de las florecillas, solamente se hubiera dormido al formar al ser humano