The leaving him thus did not a little gratify one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in his own country; for he use… - Thomas More

... the way to heaven is the same from all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him.

they think it unjust for a man to seek for pleasure by snatching another man’s pleasures from him; and, on the contrary, they think it a sign of a gentle and good soul for a man to dispense with his own advantage for the good of others,

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.

Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.