The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.

The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.

Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody. We do not wish for Friends to feed and clothe our bodies-neighbors are kind enough for that-but to do the like office to our spirits.

The sort of morality which the priests inculcate is a very subtle policy, far finer than the politicians', and the world is very successfully ruled by them as the policemen.

My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens.