"We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways."

"The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation."

"You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own."

"A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health."

"Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality."

"Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience."

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."

"If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any."

"Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first."

"Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts."

"Reason is the servant of instinct."

"If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours."

"There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing."