Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . . . This sadness lies at the heart of every merely positivist, agnostic, or naturalistic scheme of philosophy.
I would sooner swim to the Bermudas on Two politicians’ rotten bladders, tied Together with an intelligence heart string, Than depend on so changeable a prince’s favour.