Taunts are allowable in the case of an obstinate husband: balky horses
may best be made to go by having their ears bitten.
Adam probably regarded Eve as the woman of his choice, and exacted a
certain gratitude for the distinction of his preference.
A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a
dead ape and work downward through a million graves. He is like the
lower end of a suspended chain; you can sway him slightly to the right
or the left, but remove your hand and he falls into line with the other
links.
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a
natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions,
unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
These are the prerogatives of genius: To know without having learned; to
draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of
things.
Although one love a dozen times, yet will the latest love seem the
first. He who says he has loved twice has not loved once.
Men who expect universal peace through invention of destructive weapons
of war are no wiser than one who, noting the improvement of agricultural
implements, should prophesy an end to the tilling of the soil.
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