James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Henry Home
Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.
Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the bustle of the world no object has time to make a deep impression.
Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.