“What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.”

“A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.”

“To the child, the savage, and the Wall Street operator everything seems possible, hence their credulity.”

“people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.”

“There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate whenever they meet.”

“It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. ”

“No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.”