What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature.
This prophecy has turned out entirely and miserably wrong.
And thus, the forms of life throughout the universe become divided into groups subordinate to groups.
Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Ignorance more frequently beget confidence than does knowledge.
Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
It is always better to be slightly under dressed.
It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.
My friends, there are no friends.
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.
There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!
It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.
Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve.