The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.

We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.

It's easy to see the faults in people, I know; and it's harder to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.

A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.

It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.

The Earthworm plows the whole world with his tunnels, drains and aerates the earth… If you ever buy any land, be sure it has plenty of Earthworms toiling and moiling all day so that you can sit down and relax.