Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

Music is the poor man's Parnassus.

Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.