I've been born, and once is enough.

A philosophy can and must be worked out with the greatest rigour and discipline in the details, but can ultimately be founded on nothing but faith: and this is the reason, I suspect, why the novelties in philosophy are only in elaboration, and never in fundamentals.

There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause

The great ages did not contain the best talent, they wasted less.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.