We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

This is a hard and precarious world, where every mistake and infirmity must be paid for in full.

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.

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.

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.

Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.

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