If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the devil's angels.

The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body, in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes up someair in a spacious apartment, and warms that.... Thus he goes a step or two beyond instinct, and saves a little time for the fine arts.

The Mississippi, the Ganges, and the Nile,... the Rocky Mountains, the Himmaleh, and Mountains of the Moon, have a kind of personal importance in the annals of the world.

That is mere sentimentality that lies abed by day and thinks itself white, far from the tan and callus of experience.

How can you expect the birds to sing when their groves are cut down?

If thousands are thrown out of employment, it suggests that they were not well employed. Why don't they take the hint? It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!