It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.

If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.

The egg it is the source of all. Tis everyone's ancestral hall. The bravest chief that ever fought, The lowest thief that e'er was caught, The harlot's lip, the maiden's leg, They each and all came from an egg.

Every maiden's weak and willin' When she meets the proper villian.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.