Will Minus Intellect Constitutes Vulgarity.

Just As A Stream Flows Smoothly On As Long As It Encounters No Obstruction, So The Nature Of Man And Animal Is Such That We Never Really Notice Or Become Conscious Of What Is Agreeable To Our Will; If We Are To Notice Something, Our Will Has To Have Been Thwarted, Has To Have Experienced A Shock Of Some Kind.

For It Is A Matter Of Daily Observation That People Take The Greatest Pleasure In That Which Satisfies Their Vanity; And Vanity Cannot Be Satisfied Without Comparison With Others.

It Is A Clear Gain To Sacrifice Pleasure In Order To Avoid Pain.

The Difficulty Is To Try And Teach The Multitude That Something Can Be True And Untrue At The Same Time.

Freedom Of The Press Is To The Machinery Of The State What The Safety Valve Is To The Steam Engine.