Probability (n.) is a phantom, a peddler who tricks people out of more than money: he who resolves by its aid is lost to ideality, for God deals en gros and probability is a paper not quoted in heaven.
Probability (n.) and experience rivet together the loose ends of most men's fractional sense that life's appearance is deceitful, and give them security — reasonable grounds.
Probability (n.) sits by the cradle of the grown child singing lullabies: lie still and sleep, next time it will surely be your turn.
Probability (n.) is what offence clings to; the paradox asks, 'Comedies and novels and lies may be probable, but how should I be probable?'
Probability (n.) proof for the improbable is hilarious: the magnanimous gentleman who helps humanity accept it, and is thanked by dignitaries, has precisely ruined everything.
Probability (n.) and improbability relate as Epicurus said of death and me: when I am there, it is not; when it is there, I am not.