Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

The pure soul shall mount on native wings, . . . and cut a path into the heaven of glory.

A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.

Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.

For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die