Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike. – Lydia Maria Child

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature. – George Bernard Shaw

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – Voltaire