Nothing goes on in the skull of man, bird, fish, insect, or other creature which can be hidden from me.

I pierce the learned man's brain with a single glance, and the treasures which cost him threescore years to accumulate are mine; he can forget, and he does forget, but I retain.
"Now, then, I perceive by your thoughts that you are understanding me fairly well.

Let us proceed.

Circumstances might so fall out that the elephant could like the spider--supposing he can see it--but he could not love it.

His love is for his own kind--for his equals.