"Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?"

"The laborer is worthy of his reward."

"For riches certainly make themselves wings."

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth."

"Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."

"Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes."

"This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one抯 spiritual Self (atman)."

"That鈥檚 the miracle of babies, their ability to lay bare the tender, beating hearts of raging assholes."

"I have often depended on the blindness of strangers."

"It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced."

"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

"All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it."