At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. Thoreau, Henry David
Avarice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end. Cicero
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. Johnson, Samuel
Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is. La Rochefoucauld, François
Avarice, sphincter of the heart. Greene, Michael
Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small that it scarcely admits of calculation. Hume, David
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. Plautus, Titus Maccius
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Be a good animal. True to your extincts. Lawrence, D.H.
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. Quarles
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. Lavater, Johann Kaspar
