Fools Are Without Number.

Time Takes Away The Grief Of Men.

War Is Delightful For Those Who Don't Know It

As An Example Of Just How Useless These Philosophers Are For Any Practice In Life There Is Socrates Himself, The One And Only Wise Man, According To The Delphic Oracle. Whenever He Tried To Do Anything In Public He Had To Break Off Amid General Laughter. While He Was Philosophizing About Clouds And Ideas, Measuring A Flea's Foot And Marveling At A Midge's Humming, He Learned Nothing About The Affairs Of Ordinary Life.

This Type Of Man Who Is Devoted To The Study Of Wisdom Is Always Most Unlucky In Everything, And Particularly When It Comes To Procreating Children; I Imagine This Is Because Nature Wants To Ensure That The Evils Of Wisdom Shall Not Spread Further Throughout Mankind.

The Jewish Usurers Are Fast-rooted Even In The Smallest Villages, And If They Lend Five Gulden They Require A Security Of Six Times As Much. They Charge Interest, Upon Interest, And Upon This Again Interest, So That The Poor Man Loses Everything That He Owns.