In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.
John Stuart MillMarriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.
John Stuart MillPersons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their character.
John Stuart Mill