All is egotism. The only people whose mainspring is not egotism are the dead and perhaps idiots.

It is a wise provision that youth cannot see what it owes the previous generation. This is a chicken that comes back to roost in heavier years.

All is egotism. The only people whose mainspring is not egotism are the dead and perhaps idiots.

I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had the designing of myself, I'd be born the lowest and coarsest-minded person imaginable, so that I could find plenty of companionship, or I'd be born an idiot, which would be better still.

Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

there is a law of retribution in all things, direct or indirect, visible or invisible.

Civilization, stretching up to recognize that every child is a portion of State wealth, may presently make some movement to recognize maternity as a business or office needing time and strength, not as a mere passing detail thrown in among mountains of other slavery.