"Death and the dice level all distinctions."

"Born in a cellar... and living in a garret."

"So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber."

"He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

"When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent."