The best leather comes from respecting both the animal and the environment.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
"Adaptation is the key to understanding behavior."
The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.