In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred.

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.

The Future is hidden even from those who are forging it.

I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.