Everybody hates a prodigy detests an old head on young shoulders.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Author: Desiderius Erasmus

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

Give light and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Humility is truth.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.