Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.

A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be wrong in the ways of the universe, or even with the ways of society. Let the unfortunates rail; the others may play marbles.

It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.

It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.

A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.

Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.

When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters.