Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

In America, more than anywhere else in the world, care has been taken constantly to trace clearly distinct spheres of action for the two sexes, and both are required to keep in step, but along paths that are never the same.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of a democratic period is the taste that all men have for easy success and present enjoyment. This occurs in the pursuits of the intellect as well as in others.

I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate to the needs of men in our time, and that I see in it the most powerful guarantee against themselves that remains to them. The minds of the moralists of our day ought to turn, therefore, principally toward it. Even should they judge it imperfect, they would still have to adopt it as necessary.