There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to be unfit to be his companions; it is very uncivil, nay, insulting; Society will retaliate.

Creative force, like a musical composer, goes on unweariedly repeating a simple air or theme, now high, now low, in solo, in chorus, ten thousand times reverberated, till it fills earth and heaven with the chant.

When the gods come among men, they are not known.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

A right rule for a club would be, Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic. It requires people who are not surprised andshocked, who do and let do, and let be, who sink trifles, and know solid values, and who take a great deal for granted.