Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.

From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.

We are all alike, on the inside.

The piano may do for love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils, but give me the banjo.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.