The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. In wildness is the preservation of the world. It is as hard to see oneself as to look backwards without turning around. It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.