“Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.”
“Absent, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.”
“Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward a straiter resemblance to the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death, and the hope of Hell.”
“Good is Heaven. Evil is Hell.”
“One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression”
“For man has closed himself up, til he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
“Those who restrain Desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or Reason Usurps its place & governs the unwilling.”
“Energy is Eternal Delight”
“Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence.”
“The best wine is the oldest. the best water the newest.”
“Damn, braces: Bless relaxes.”
“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”
“As the catterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to layer her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.”
“When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius. lift up thy head!”
“The soul of sweet delight. can never be defil'd,”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
“The thankful reciever bears a plentiful harvest.”
“The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse; how he shall take his prey.”
“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
“The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.”