A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.

In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.

Our relations to each other are oblique and casual.

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.

The narrow sectarian cannot read astronomy with impunity. The creeds of his church shrivel like dried leaves at the door of the observatory.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.