Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.
Aldous HuxleyWhy should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?
Aldous HuxleyA large city cannot be experientially known; its life is too manifold for any individual to be able to participate in it.
Aldous Huxley