To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.

The reason adultery is immoral is that it might lead to marriage.

Man and man's earth are unexhausted and undiscovered. Wake and listen! Verily, the earth shall yet be a source of recovery. Remain faithful to the earth, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth.

The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".

We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.