I accept reality and dare not question it.

And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?

It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office.

Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

The smallest sprout shows there is really no death.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.