Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. – Herbert Spencer
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. – Herbert Spencer
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. – Herbert Spencer
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. – Herbert Spencer