Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.

Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his read more

Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway whin he comes home late at night.

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's read more

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly read more

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some read more

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.

The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.

Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.

Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.