The man might have become a Power, but he preferred to remain an Ass.
Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss.
The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting to us, as it is most degrading to human dignity.
Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought.
Is the scraping off of a barnacle the destruction of a ship?
The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.