A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.
Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!
There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.