Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.

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.

Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts weak.

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.

As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.

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.