“Bir yıl içinde, yoksul çocuğun beslenme maliyeti iki şilini aşmaz; bu, annenin dilenmek suretiyle elde edebileceği değerdir.”
— Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
“For true peace of heart is to be found in resisting passion, not in yielding to it.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“Whensoever a man desireth aught above measure, immediately he becometh restless. The proud and the avaricious man are never at rest; while the poor and lowly of heart abide in the multitude of peace.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“Happy is the man whom Truth by itself doth teach, not by figures and transient words, but as it is in itself.”
— Thomas à Kempis