The World Is A Perpetual Caricature Of

Reason In My Philosophy Is Only A Harmony Among Irrational Impulses.

In This World We Must Either Institute Conventional Forms Of Expression Or Else Pretend That We Have Nothing To Express; The Choice Lies Between A Mask And A Figleaf.

Intolerance Is A Form Of Egotism, And To Condemn Egotism Intolerantly Is To Share It.

Men Almost Universally Have Acknowledged Providence, But That Fact Has Had No Force To Destroy Natural Aversions And Fears In The Presence Of Events.

Popular Poets Are The Parish Priests Of The Muse, Retailing Her Ancient Divinations To A Long Since Converted Public.