People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.
I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife.
Don't borrow trouble. The interest is too high.
Shrews are made, not born.
Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.
the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.