“Ne pas succomber aux caresses n'est, hélas, pas une solution, car ne pas y succomber occupe plus de notre temps qu'y succomber.”
“The very old do not succomb to disease-they implode their way into eternity. (How We Die)”
“Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire!”
“America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many.”
“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.”