Learning is like Scanderbeg's sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Learning is like Scanderbeg's sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 479

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 104

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 135

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Bootless grief hurts a man's self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 207

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 324