"Methinks God has punish'd the Avaritious as he often punishes sinners, in their own way, in the ver sin itself: the thrist of gain was their crime, that thrist continued became their punishment and ruin. As for the few who have the good fortune to remain with half of what they imagined they had (among whom is your humble servantl, I would have them sensible of their felicity, and convinced of the truth of old Hesiod's maxim, who, after half his estate was swallowed by the Directors of those days, resolv'd, that half to be more than the whole."

"I was asked by one of the reports whether or not I would call Mary Cheney a selfish hedonist. I didn't ment…"

"Reality can neither be proved nor disproved. Within the mind you cannot, beyond the mind you need not. In t…"

"It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of t…"

"The truth is, he's a nasty guy. He was so nice to me. I mean, I knew it. I was watching. I kept saying, 'Co…"

"An honest book is almost as good as a friend."

"To speak thus of the universal spirit is almost childishly anthropomorphic. For the life of such a spirit, …"