Undisturbed and undistracted by greed, envy, ambition, or desire, I see things in their true proportion.

A dreamy spectator of the world's turmoil, I do not enter into the hectic hurly-burly of life; I merely withhold my approval from cant, shams, prejudice, formulae, hypocrisy, and lies.

Such is the priceless service of the philosopher." "Philosopher, my foot!" jeered Ferdie.

"You're a brow! A solemn and sanctimonious brow is bad enough, but a sprightly and godless brow is positive-itutely the limit!" "That's absurd, you know," objected Francis Charles.

"No man is really irreligious.