I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.