The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Full frontal nudity is reserved for Adam and Eve!

Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?

What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.