Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race‹the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered either by themselves or by others.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it ‹ and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again ‹ and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.