Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at read more

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, read more

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.