It Never Enters The Lady's Head That

Wherever The Appearance Of A Conventional Aristocracy Exists In America, It Must Arise From Wealth, As It Cannot From Birth. An Aristocracy Of Mere Wealth Is Vulgar Everywhere. In A Republic, It Is Vulgar In The Extreme.

I Loved, As I Still Love, The Most Monotonous Life Possible.

The Lesson Taught Us By These Kindly Commentators On My Present Experience Is That Dogmatic Faith Compels The Best Minds And Hearts To Narrowness And Insolence.

Self-denial Is Taught Much Better By Inspiring The Love Of Our Neighbor, Than By The Prohibition Of Innocent Comforts And Pleasures. Spirituality Is Much Better Taught By Making Spiritual Things The Objects Of Supreme Desire, Than By Commanding An Ostentatious Avoidance Of The Enjoyments Of Life.

I Would Not Exchange My Freedom From Old Superstition, If I Were To Be Burned At The Stake Next Month, For All The Peace And Quiet Of Orthodoxy, If I Must Take The Orthodoxy With Peace And Quiet.