A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.

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.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

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.

When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.

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

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.