Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.
What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment.
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Virtue is no empty echo.
Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.