I am a beau in nothing but my books.

Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed.

The game women play is men.