Whatever appeals to the imagination, by transcending the ordinary limits of human ability, wonderfully encourages and liberates us.

To wade in marshes and sea margins is the destiny of certain bird, and they are so accurately made for this that they are imprisoned in those places. Each animal out of its habitat would starve. To the physician, each man, each woman, is an amplification of one organ. A soldier, a locksmith, a bank-clerk, and a dancer could not exchange functions. And thus we are victims of adaptation.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]

The poor are only they who feel poor.

A new person is to me a great event, and hinders me from sleep. I have often had fine fancies about persons which have given me delicious hours; but the joy ends in the day; it yields no fruit.

The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.