my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame
Self love is the instrument of our preservation.
It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.