There has never been an 'original' sin: each is quite banal.

There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure.

Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.

A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.

As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.