He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds.

Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.

They have seen but half the universe who never have been shown the house of pain.

An artist spends himself like the crayon in his hand, till he is all gone.

The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.

An individual is an encloser. Time and space, liberty and necessity, truth and thought, are left at large no longer.

The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without preventing their consumers from affirming themselves through the exercise of their personal freedom.When market dependence reaches a certain threshold it deprives people of their power to live creatively and to act autonomously. And precisely because this new impotence is so deeply experienced, it is expressed with difficulty.