Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world, thinks wildly, "Is this all they've done to it?" and bursts into tears.

Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.

The creatures that want to live a life of their own, we call wild. If wild, then no matter how harmless, we treat them as outlaws, and those of us who are specially well brought up shoot them for fun.

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.

Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.

The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.

The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.