It is for no particular item in the tax-bill that I refuse to pay it. I simply wish to refuse allegiance to the State, to withdrawand stand aloof from it effectually. I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with,--the dollar is innocent,--but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance. In fact, I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make what use and get what advantage of her I can, as is usual in such cases.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.

Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers.

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.