You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Rothschild is the lord and master of the money markerts of the world and virtually lord and master of everything else.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.