The doctors tell us of a physical disease called fatty degeneration of the heart… there is a moral malady—fatty degeneration of the soul; sooner or later it attacks every man, however noble his career, who puts self forward in his aims; who values fame because a personal possession. – Frank Lee Benedict, The Price She Paid, 1882

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. – David Herbert Lawrence, White Peacock, 1911

Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied. – William Ellery Channing, Lecture II on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of

Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897