In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
I stand in awe of my body.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.