The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music.
Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.
Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
Every man is an impossibility until he is born.
It is an esoteric doctrine of society, that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good for hands and legs.