As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.
But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.
Lose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.
To have made even one person's life a little better, that is to succeed.
Where there is a lull in truth an institution springs up.