How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.

The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

If you've got a nice fresh corpse, fetch him out!

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

We are all beggars, each in his own way.

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.