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

A little wisdom is indeed possible; but this blessed security have I found in all things, that they prefer--to DANCE on the feet of chance.

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.

A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.

But every soil becomes finally exhausted, and the ploughshare of evil must always come once more.