Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?

Man is physical as well as metaphysical, a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine.

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.