Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place.

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.