The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.
At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this.
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.