“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the Philosophers-Stone”
Benjamin Franklin
“I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.”
“Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold”
“Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold”
“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”
Denis Diderot
“Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers”
Arthur Helps
