Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.

It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down.

For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow too; For no form of a god, and no fashion Man has made in his desperate passion, But is worthy some worship of mine; Not too hot with a gross belief, Nor yet too cold with pride, I will bow me down where my brothers bow, Humble, but open eyed.

A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows.